Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 132
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
अपरस्मिन् कथायोगे भूय: श्रोष्यसि भारत । एतन्मया महाराज ब्रह्मणो वदत: पुरा
aparasmin kathāyoge bhūyaḥ śroṣyasi bhārata | etan mayā mahārāja brahmaṇo vadataḥ purā ||
Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “O Bhārata, sa ibang pagkakataon ng pag-uusap ay maririnig mo itong muli. O dakilang hari, noong unang panahon ay narinig ko mismo ang mga bagay na ito mula kay Brahmā habang siya’y nagsasalita. At dahil nagtanong ka, isinalaysay ko sa iyo nang tapat ayon sa aking narinig. Pagkarinig nito, nawa’y lagi mong ituon ang iyong isip sa dharma.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes faithful transmission of dharma-teaching: Yudhiṣṭhira claims he is repeating what he once heard from Brahmā, and urges the listener to keep the mind steadily engaged in dharma.
Yudhiṣṭhira concludes or frames a teaching by noting that the same topic will be heard again in another narrative setting, and he authenticates his account by tracing it back to Brahmā’s earlier discourse.