Shloka 10
मांसभक्षण-दोषाः तथा अहिंसाया माहात्म्यम् | Faults of Meat-Consumption and the Supremacy of Ahiṃsā
यथा पर: प्रक्रमते परेषु तथापरे प्रक्रमन्ते परस्मिन् । तथैव ते<स्तूपमा जीवलोके यथा धर्मो नैपुणेनोपदिष्ट:
yathā paraḥ prakramate pareṣu tathāpare prakramante parasmin | tathaiva te 'stūpamā jīvaloke yathā dharmo naipuṇenopadiṣṭaḥ ||
यथा परः परेषु प्रक्रमते, तथैवापरेऽपि काले समुपस्थिते तस्मिन्नेव प्रक्रमन्ति। एतद् जीव लोके स्वस्य दृष्टान्तं विद्धि। तस्मात् कस्यचित् प्रति न प्रक्रमेत्। एवं नैपुणेन धर्म उपदिष्टः।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Aggression invites counter-aggression; therefore one should refrain from attacking others. The verse presents a practical, worldly analogy to teach dharma through tactful moral reasoning.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on righteous conduct, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates an ethical principle using an analogy: how one treats others tends to return upon oneself, so restraint and non-aggression are advised.