Shloka 8
Rukmāṅgada–Vāmadeva Saṃvāda: Ahimsa, Hunting, and the Fruit of Dvādaśī-Bhakti
परैरुपहतां भूप नोपभुंजंति साधवः । षड्विधं नृप ते प्रोक्तं विद्वद्भिर्जीवघातनम् ॥ ८ ॥
parairupahatāṃ bhūpa nopabhuṃjaṃti sādhavaḥ | ṣaḍvidhaṃ nṛpa te proktaṃ vidvadbhirjīvaghātanam || 8 ||
हे भूप! परांनी इजा करून मिळवलेले साधुजन उपभोगत नाहीत. हे नृप! विद्वानांनी तुला जीवघाताचे (प्राणिहानीचे) सहा प्रकार सांगितले आहेत.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada, addressed to the King in the narrative)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"vira","emotional_journey":"Moves from the ideal of saintly restraint (not consuming tainted gains) to a firm, king-addressed classification of harm as a serious moral category."}
FAQs
It teaches that dharma begins with purity of livelihood and consumption: a sādhū avoids benefiting from harm, and recognizes violence as a nuanced, multi-fold fault that must be restrained.
Bhakti is supported by ethical discipline: devotion to Vishnu is not merely ritual, but includes refusing gains rooted in injury, cultivating compassion, and living in harmony with dharma.
Primarily Dharma-śāstra style applied ethics (not a technical Vedāṅga lesson): it gives a rule of conduct about what is fit to accept/consume, anticipating a classification of हिंसा (violence) into six forms.