Shloka 10

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

Devanagari script

न भक्षयति यो मांसं न च हन्यान्न घातयेत्‌ । तम्मित्रं सर्वभूतानां मनु: स्वायम्भुवोडब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

na bhakṣayati yo māṁsaṁ na ca hanyān na ghātayet | taṁ mitraṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ manuḥ svāyambhuvo 'bravīt ||

Translation

ସ୍ୱାୟମ୍ଭୁବ ମନୁ କହିଛନ୍ତି—ଯେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ମାଂସ ଭକ୍ଷଣ କରେନାହିଁ, ନିଜେ ହତ୍ୟା କରେନାହିଁ ଏବଂ ଅନ୍ୟକୁ ହତ୍ୟା କରାଏ ମଧ୍ୟ ନାହିଁ, ସେଇ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀଙ୍କର ମିତ୍ର।

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भक्षयति: eats/consumes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष्
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• हन्यात्: should kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Vidhi-lin, Optative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• घातयेत्: should cause (someone) to kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (हन्-णिच्)
• Form: Vidhi-lin, Optative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative active

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मित्रम्: friend
• मित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वायम्भुवः: the self-born (epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वायम्भुव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Lan, Imperfect (past), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Svāyambhuva Manu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ahimsa is defined broadly: true non-violence includes not eating meat, not killing oneself, and not commissioning or encouraging others to kill. Such a person is called the friend of all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instruction setting, Bhīṣma cites the authority of Svāyambhuva Manu to support an ethical rule about abstaining from meat and from direct or indirect violence.