Shloka 32
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
ब॒हस्पतिर्वाच आसमज़मात्र: पुरुषस्तैर्भूतैरभि भूयते । विप्रयुक्तश्न तैर्भूते: पुनर्यात्यपरां गतिम्
Bṛhaspatir uvāca: āsamañjamātraḥ puruṣas tair bhūtair abhibhūyate | viprayuktaś ca tair bhūtaiḥ punar yāty aparāṃ gatim ||
ବୃହସ୍ପତି କହିଲେ—ରାଜନ୍! ଯାହାର ବିବେକ ଅଳ୍ପମାତ୍ରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଭ୍ରଷ୍ଟ ହୁଏ, ସେ ପୁରୁଷ ସେହି ଭୂତତତ୍ତ୍ୱମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ଅଭିଭୂତ ହୁଏ। କିନ୍ତୁ ଯେତେବେଳେ ସେ ସେହି ଭୂତମାନଙ୍କୁ ଛାଡ଼ି ବିରକ୍ତ ହୁଏ, ସେ ପୁନଃ ଉଚ୍ଚତର ଗତିକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଏ।
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a slight confusion in discernment allows lower elemental impulses (bhūtas) to overpower a person; freedom from those forces restores one’s ascent toward a higher state. The ethical emphasis is vigilance, restraint, and disentanglement from degrading tendencies.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bṛhaspati speaks as a teacher, explaining to the inquirer (contextually within Yudhiṣṭhira’s broader questioning) how embodied beings can be dominated by elemental forces and how separation from them leads to a better destiny.