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Shloka 31

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

यस्माद्‌ ग्रसति चैवायुरहिसकानां महाद्युते । तस्माद्‌ विवर्जयेन्मांसं य इच्छेद्‌ भूतिमात्मन:

yasmād grasati caivāyur ahiṃsakānāṃ mahādyute | tasmād vivarjayen māṃsaṃ ya icched bhūtim ātmanaḥ ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മഹാതേജസ്വിയായ രാജാവേ! ഹിംസ ചെയ്യുന്നവരുടെ ആയുസ്സ് അവരുടെ സ്വന്തം പാപം തന്നെയാണ് ഗ്രസിക്കുന്നത്. അതിനാൽ സ്വന്തം ക്ഷേമവും യഥാർത്ഥ അഭ്യുദയവും ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവൻ മാംസഭക്ഷണം പൂർണ്ണമായി ഉപേക്ഷിക്കണം.

यस्मात्because of which/from which
यस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
ग्रसतिdevours, consumes
ग्रसति:
TypeVerb
Rootग्रस्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आयुःlifespan, life
आयुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अहिंसकानाम्of the non-violent (persons)
अहिंसकानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअहिंसक
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
महाद्युतेO great-splendored one
महाद्युते:
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootमहाद्युति
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तस्मात्therefore, from that reason
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
विवर्जयेत्should avoid, should give up
विवर्जयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootविवर्ज्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
मांसम्meat
मांसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमांस
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इच्छेत्should desire, would wish
इच्छेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूतिम्welfare, prosperity
भूतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun/Pronoun (reflexive)
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
K
King (addressed as mahādyuti; contextually Yudhishthira)

Educational Q&A

Violence brings moral fault (pāpa) that diminishes one’s life and well-being; therefore, one who seeks true welfare should renounce meat, aligning conduct with ahiṃsā.

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues instructing the king on dharma and ethical living; here he emphasizes the karmic and ethical consequences of हिंसा and recommends abstaining from meat as a practical expression of non-violence.