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Shloka 8

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

न तत्‌ परस्य संदध्यात्‌ प्रतिकूलं यदात्मन: । एष संक्षेपतो धर्म: कामादन्य: प्रवर्तते

na tat parasya sandadhyāt pratikūlaṃ yad ātmanaḥ | eṣa saṃkṣepato dharmaḥ kāmād anyaḥ pravartate ||

สิ่งใดที่ตนเห็นว่าเป็นโทษหรือไม่พึงใจแก่ตน ก็ไม่ควรกระทำต่อผู้อื่น นี่แลคือธรรมโดยย่อ ส่วนความประพฤติที่ต่างไปจากนี้ย่อมเกิดจากกามคือความใคร่ปรารถนา

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तत्that (act/thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
परस्यof another (person)
परस्य:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपर
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
संदध्यात्should do/arrange/inflict
संदध्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + धा
Formoptative (vidhiling), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
प्रतिकूलम्unfavorable, harmful
प्रतिकूलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतिकूल
Formneuter, accusative, singular
यत्which/that which
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
एषःthis
एषः:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
संक्षेपतःbriefly, in short
संक्षेपतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसंक्षेप
धर्मःdharma, righteous rule
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कामात्from desire
कामात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
अन्यःanother (conduct)
अन्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअन्य
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
प्रवर्ततेarises, proceeds, is practiced
प्रवर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वृत्
Formpresent indicative (lat), 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

Dharma, in its simplest form, is empathetic restraint: do not impose on others what you would not accept for yourself. Actions that violate this principle are driven by kāma (self-centered desire) rather than righteousness.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a concise ethical criterion for right conduct, contrasting dharma with behavior motivated by desire.