Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
राजन! यह मैंने तुम्हें ऋषियोंद्वारा निर्मित मांस-त्यागका विधान तथा प्रवृत्तिविषयक धर्म भी बताया है ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि मांसभक्षणनिषेधे पजञ्चदशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:
rājan! yad aham tvāṁ ṛṣibhir nirmitaṁ māṁsa-tyāga-vidhānaṁ tathā pravṛtti-viṣayakaṁ dharmaṁ ca vyākhyātavān asmi.
हे राजन्! ऋषींनी निर्मिलेले मांस-त्यागाचे विधान आणि प्रवृत्तीविषयक धर्मही मी तुला सांगितला आहे। अशा प्रकारे श्रीमहाभारताच्या अनुशासनपर्वातील दानधर्मपर्वात मांसभक्षण-निषेधविषयक एकशे पंधरावा अध्याय समाप्त झाला.
भीष्म उवाच
Bhīṣma summarizes that he has already taught two connected points: (1) the sages’ injunction advocating abstention from meat, and (2) the broader pravṛtti-oriented dharma—ethical guidance for those living an active, worldly life.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s discourse on gifts and dharma, Bhīṣma concludes a section on the prohibition of meat-eating, reminding King Yudhiṣṭhira that the relevant rules and their ethical rationale have been explained.