Shloka 69
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
वे सब नरेश अपनी कान्तिसे प्रज्वलित होते हुए वहाँ ब्रह्मलोकमें विराज रहे हैं, गन्धर्व उनकी उपासना करते हैं और सहसौरों दिव्यांगनाएँ उन्हें घेरे रहती हैं ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | te sarve nṛpāḥ svayā kāntyā prajvalantaḥ tatra brahmaloke virājante | gandharvāḥ teṣām upāsanāṃ kurvanti sahasraśaś ca divyāṅganāḥ tān parivārayanti || tad etad uttamaṃ dharmaṃ ahiṃsā-dharma-lakṣaṇam | ye caranti mahātmāno nākapṛṣṭhe vasanti te ||
ते सर्वे नृपते राजन् स्वकान्त्या ज्वलितप्रभाः । ब्रह्मलोके विराजन्ते गन्धर्वैरुपसेविताः ॥ सहस्रस्त्रीसमाकीर्णास्तदेतदुत्तमं धर्मम् । अहिंसाधर्मलक्षणम् ॥ ये चरन्ति महात्मानो नाकपृष्ठे वसन्ति ते ॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ahimsa (non-violence) is presented as the highest dharma; those who consistently practice it attain exalted heavenly realms.
Bhishma describes the radiant, honored state of virtuous kings in Brahmaloka—attended by Gandharvas and surrounded by celestial maidens—then links this exalted destiny to the practice of ahimsa.