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Shloka 5

मांसभक्षण-दोषाः तथा अहिंसाया माहात्म्यम् | Faults of Meat-Consumption and the Supremacy of Ahiṃsā

अहिंसकानि भूतानि दण्डेन विनिहन्ति यः । आत्मन: सुखमन्विच्छन्‌ स प्रेत्य न सुखी भवेत्‌,जो मनुष्य अपने सुखकी इच्छा रखकर अहिंसक प्राणियोंको डंडेसे मारता है, वह परलोकमें सुखी नहीं होता है

ahiṃsakāni bhūtāni daṇḍena vinihanti yaḥ | ātmanaḥ sukham anvicchan sa pretya na sukhī bhavet ||

తన సుఖాన్ని కోరుతూ హింసలేని ప్రాణులను దండంతో కొట్టి చంపేవాడు, మరణానంతరం పరలోకంలో సుఖాన్ని పొందడు।

अहिंसकानिnon-violent, harmless
अहिंसकानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअहिंसक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
भूतानिcreatures, beings
भूतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
दण्डेनwith a stick/rod; by punishment
दण्डेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदण्ड
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
विनिहन्तिkills, strikes down
विनिहन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-हन्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सुखम्happiness, pleasure
सुखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुख
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अन्विच्छन्seeking, desiring
अन्विच्छन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-इष्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रेत्यhaving died; after death
प्रेत्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-इ
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सुखीhappy
सुखी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुखिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवेत्would be, becomes
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

Personal pleasure cannot justify harming the harmless; violence motivated by self-interest leads to adverse karmic results and unhappiness after death.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates an ethical principle: one who kills non-violent creatures with force, merely for one’s own comfort, will not attain happiness in the hereafter.