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Shloka 24

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

न हि मांसं तृणात्‌ काष्ठादुपलाद्‌ वापि जायते । हत्वा जन्तुं ततो मांसं तस्माद्‌ दोषस्तु भक्षणे

na hi māṁsaṁ tṛṇāt kāṣṭhād upalād vāpi jāyate | hatvā jantuṁ tato māṁsaṁ tasmād doṣas tu bhakṣaṇe ||

മാംസം പുല്ലിൽ നിന്നോ മരത്തിൽ നിന്നോ കല്ലിൽ നിന്നോ ജനിക്കുന്നതല്ല. ഒരു ജീവിയെ കൊന്നാലേ മാംസം ലഭിക്കൂ; അതിനാൽ അത് ഭക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിൽ തീർച്ചയായും മഹാദോഷമുണ്ട്.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
मांसम्meat
मांसम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमांस
Formneuter, nominative, singular
तृणात्from grass
तृणात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootतृण
Formneuter, ablative, singular
काष्ठात्from wood
काष्ठात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootकाष्ठ
Formneuter, ablative, singular
उपलात्from a stone
उपलात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootउपल
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
जायतेis born/arises
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
Formpresent, indicative, ātmanepada, third, singular
हत्वाhaving killed
हत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
Formabsolutive (क्त्वा), parasmaipada (root sense)
जन्तुम्a living being/creature
जन्तुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
ततःthereupon/from that
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
मांसम्meat
मांसम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमांस
Formneuter, nominative, singular
तस्मात्therefore/from that reason
तस्मात्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मात्
दोषःfault/sin
दोषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदोष
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
भक्षणेin eating/consumption
भक्षणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभक्षण
Formneuter, locative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
J
jantu (living creature)
M
māṁsa (meat)

Educational Q&A

Meat is inseparable from violence because it is obtained only by killing a living being; therefore, consuming it carries ethical fault (doṣa) and stands opposed to the ideal of ahiṁsā.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instruction, Bhīṣma is teaching principles of righteous conduct; here he argues against meat-eating by pointing out its causal link to the killing of creatures.