Shloka 23

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

Devanagari script

त्वगस्थिमांसं शुक्रे च शोणितं च महामते

Transliteration

tvag-asthi-māṁsaṁ śukre ca śoṇitaṁ ca mahāmate

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira berkata: “Wahai yang berjiwa besar, (perhatikanlah) kulit, tulang dan daging, serta juga air mani dan darah.”

Word by Word

• त्वक्: skin
• त्वक्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वच्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्थि: bone
• अस्थि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मांसम्: flesh
• मांसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शुक्रे: in semen; in the seminal fluid
• शुक्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शोणितम्: blood
• शोणितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महामते: O great-minded one; O wise one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira