Shloka 23
Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya
सर्वमांसानि यो राजन् यावज्जीवं न भक्षयेत् । स्वर्गे स विपुल स्थान प्राप्त॒ुयान्नात्र संशय:
sarvamāṁsāni yo rājan yāvajjīvaṁ na bhakṣayet | svarge sa vipulaṁ sthānaṁ prāpnuyān nātra saṁśayaḥ ||
Бхишма сказал: «О царь, тот, кто, пока жив, не вкушает мяса ни одного существа, обретает на небесах высокое и обширное место — в этом нет сомнения».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Lifelong abstention from eating the flesh of living beings is presented as a dharmic restraint that yields great spiritual merit, culminating in an exalted heavenly attainment.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction to King Yudhiṣṭhira in the Anuśāsana Parva, he states a specific ethical rule—avoiding meat throughout life—and links it to the fruit of attaining a vast and superior place in heaven.