Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 40
Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)
शष्पं मृगमुखोच्छिष्टं यो मृगैः सह भक्षति । दीक्षितो वै मुदा युक्त: स गच्छत्यमरावतीम्
śaṣpaṃ mṛgamukhocchiṣṭaṃ yo mṛgaiḥ saha bhakṣati | dīkṣito vai mudā yuktaḥ sa gacchaty amarāvatīm ||
မဟေရှဝရ မိန့်တော်မူသည်— «ဒိက္ခာဝတ်ကို ခံယူထားစဉ်၌ ပျော်ရွှင်သောစိတ်ဖြင့် သမင်တို့နှင့်အတူ သမင်ပါးစပ်မှ ကျန်ရစ်သော နုနယ်သည့် မြက်ကို စားသုံးသူသည် အမရာဝတီ (ကောင်းကင်မြို့) သို့ ရောက်သည်»
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises humble, harmless, vow-bound conduct: even a minimal, non-injurious act of sustenance—shared with animals and undertaken with a consecrated, joyful disposition—is presented as spiritually meritorious and capable of leading to heavenly reward.
Maheśvara states a result (phala-śruti) for a particular observance: a dīkṣita who eats tender grass that remains from deer, in the company of deer and with glad intent, is said to attain Amarāvatī.