Shloka 132
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
अपरस्मिन् कथायोगे भूय: श्रोष्यसि भारत । एतन्मया महाराज ब्रह्मणो वदत: पुरा
aparasmin kathāyoge bhūyaḥ śroṣyasi bhārata | etan mayā mahārāja brahmaṇo vadataḥ purā ||
Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai Bhārata, dalam suatu konteks wacana yang lain, engkau akan mendengar hal ini sekali lagi. Wahai Maharaja, pada zaman silam aku telah mendengar perkara-perkara ini daripada Brahmā sendiri ketika Baginda bertutur. Dan kerana engkau bertanya, aku telah menceritakannya kepadamu dengan benar sebagaimana aku mendengarnya. Setelah mendengar ini, semoga engkau sentiasa menambatkan fikiranmu pada Dharma.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of dharma-teaching: Yudhiṣṭhira claims he is repeating what he once heard from Brahmā, and urges the listener to keep the mind steadily engaged in dharma.
Yudhiṣṭhira concludes or frames a teaching by noting that the same topic will be heard again in another narrative setting, and he authenticates his account by tracing it back to Brahmā’s earlier discourse.