Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 115

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

Devanagari script

राजन! यह मैंने तुम्हें ऋषियोंद्वारा निर्मित मांस-त्यागका विधान तथा प्रवृत्तिविषयक धर्म भी बताया है ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते अनुशासनपर्वणि दानधर्मपर्वणि मांसभक्षणनिषेधे पजञ्चदशाधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

rājan! yad aham tvāṁ ṛṣibhir nirmitaṁ māṁsa-tyāga-vidhānaṁ tathā pravṛtti-viṣayakaṁ dharmaṁ ca vyākhyātavān asmi.

Translation

ହେ ରାଜନ୍! ଋଷିମାନେ ନିର୍ମାଣ କରିଥିବା ମାଂସ-ତ୍ୟାଗର ବିଧାନ ଓ ପ୍ରବୃତ୍ତିବିଷୟକ ଧର୍ମ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ କହିଛି। ଏହିପରି ଶ୍ରୀମହାଭାରତର ଅନୁଶାସନପର୍ବ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଦାନଧର୍ମପର୍ବରେ ମାଂସଭକ୍ଷଣ-ନିଷେଧବିଷୟକ ଏକଶେ ପନ୍ଦରମ ଅଧ୍ୟାୟ।

Word by Word

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• ऋषि-द्वारा: by the sages (as agents/through the sages)
• ऋषि-द्वारा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि-द्वार
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• निर्मितम्: made/constructed
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्मा
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मांस-त्यागस्य: of abstaining from meat
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस-त्याग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विधानम्: rule/ordinance
• विधानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्रवृत्ति-विषयकम्: concerning (worldly) engagement/activity
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवृत्ति-विषयक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma/duty
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• आख्यातम्: told/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री-महाभारते: in the revered Mahabharata
• श्री-महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अनुशासन-पर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासन-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन-पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दान-धर्म-पर्वणि: in the section on the dharma of gifts
• दान-धर्म-पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान-धर्म-पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मांस-भक्षण-निषेधे: in (the topic of) prohibition of eating meat
• मांस-भक्षण-निषेधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस-भक्षण-निषेध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पञ्च-दश-अधिक-शततमः: one hundred and fifteenth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदशाधिकशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• ṛṣayaḥ (sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma summarizes that he has already taught two connected points: (1) the sages’ injunction advocating abstention from meat, and (2) the broader pravṛtti-oriented dharma—ethical guidance for those living an active, worldly life.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s discourse on gifts and dharma, Bhīṣma concludes a section on the prohibition of meat-eating, reminding King Yudhiṣṭhira that the relevant rules and their ethical rationale have been explained.