Shloka 28
मांसपरिवर्जन-प्रशंसा (Praise of Abstention from Meat) / Ethics of Ahiṃsā in Diet and Rite
भोजयित्वा दशशतं नरो वेदविदां नृप । न्यायविद्धर्मविदुषामितिहासविदां तथा
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | bhojayitvā daśaśataṁ naro vedavidāṁ nṛpa | nyāyavid dharmaviduṣām itihāsavidāṁ tathā |
युधिष्ठिर म्हणाला—नरेश्वर! जो मनुष्य वेद, न्याय, धर्म आणि इतिहास-परंपरेचे जाणकार अशा एक हजार ब्राह्मणांना भोजन घालतो, तो न घोर नरकात पडतो, न पुन्हा संसारचक्रात अडकतो. या लोकातच त्याच्या सर्व इच्छा पूर्ण होतात आणि मृत्यूनंतर परलोकात तो सुख भोगतो.
युधिछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the exceptional merit of anna-dāna (feeding others), especially when offered to learned and ethically grounded recipients. Such generosity is presented as a dharmic act that yields both worldly fulfillment and favorable post-mortem destiny, protecting one from hellish consequences and continued entanglement in saṁsāra.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a king and states a dharma-teaching: feeding a thousand Brahmins who are learned in Veda, nyāya, dharma, and itihāsa brings powerful spiritual and ethical results—success in this life and happiness after death.