Shloka 11
अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा
Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin
अहिंस्न: शुचिरक्षुद्रो निराशी: कर्मसंस्तुत: । आरण्यकपदोदभूता भागास्तत्रोपकल्पिता:
ahiṃsnaḥ śucir akṣudro nirāśīḥ karmasaṃstutaḥ | āraṇyakapadodbhūtā bhāgās tatropakalpitāḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Sila’y malaya sa karahasan, dalisay, at mapagbigay ang diwa; walang pansariling pagnanasa, kumilos sila sa paraang karapat-dapat purihin. Sa paghahandog na iyon, ang bahagi para sa mga diyos ay inihanda mula sa mga alay na mula sa gubat—mga prutas, ugat, at iba pa—na nagpapakita ng ritwal na maka-dharma, nakabatay sa di-pananakit at kasimplehan, hindi sa pananakit o labis na karangyaan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True dharmic action is marked by non-violence, purity, and freedom from selfish desire; even ritual can be aligned with ethics by using harmless, simple offerings and right intention.
Bhishma describes a form of sacrifice in which the participants are non-violent and desireless, and the gods’ allotted portions are prepared from forest produce (fruits and roots), emphasizing an austere, ethically restrained ritual practice.