Shloka 13
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
ददाति यजते चापि तपस्वी च भवत्यपि । मधुमांसनिवृत्त्येति प्राह चैवं बृहस्पति:
dadāti yajate cāpi tapasvī ca bhavaty api | madhumāṃsa-nivṛttyeti prāha caivaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ ||
بِرہسپتی کا قول ہے—جو شراب اور گوشت ترک کر دیتا ہے، وہ گویا دان دیتا ہے، یَجْن کرتا ہے اور تپسیا کرتا ہے؛ یعنی اسے خیرات، قربانی اور ریاضت کا ثواب حاصل ہوتا ہے۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Abstaining from alcohol and meat is praised as a powerful ethical discipline that yields the same religious merit as charity (dāna), sacrifice (yajña), and austerity (tapas).
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he cites Brihaspati as an authoritative voice, presenting a concise rule: renunciation of intoxicants and meat is itself a form of high religious practice with great merit.