Shloka 37
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
इहलोके च स प्राणी जन्मप्रभृति पार्थिव । सुकृतं कर्म वै भुद्धक्ते धर्मस्य फलमाश्रित:
ihaloke ca sa prāṇī janmaprabhṛti pārthiva | sukṛtaṃ karma vai bhunkte dharmasya phalam āśritaḥ ||
O hari, sa mismong daigdig na ito, ang isang nilalang mula pa sa pagsilang ay tunay na nakararanas ng bunga ng mabubuting gawa—tinatamasa ito bilang bungang nakasalig sa (at nagmumula sa) dharma. Ipinahihiwatig ng taludtod na ang matuwid na pagkilos ay hindi lamang haka-haka: ang mga bunga nito ay nalalasap sa buhay na may katawan.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Meritorious action (sukṛta-karma) yields tangible results, and these are experienced by living beings in this very life; the 'fruit' is grounded in dharma, emphasizing ethical causality rather than mere ritual or theory.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a kingly interlocutor and articulates a principle of dharma: from birth onward, beings partake of the consequences of their good deeds, framing dharma as a practical source of lived outcomes.