Shloka 3
Daśa-Karmapatha: Restraints of Body, Speech, and Mind (दश कर्मपथ)
प्राणातिपात: स्तैन्यं च परदारानथापि च । त्रीणि पापानि कायेन सर्वतः परिवर्जयेत्,दूसरोंके प्राणनाश करना, चोरी करना और परायी स्त्रीसे संसर्ग रखना--ये तीन शरीरसे होनेवाले पाप हैं। इन सबका परित्याग कर देना उचित है
prāṇātipātaḥ stainyaṃ ca paradārān athāpi ca | trīṇi pāpāni kāyena sarvataḥ parivarjayet ||
دوسروں کی جان لینا، چوری کرنا اور پرائی عورت سے تعلق رکھنا—یہ تین جسم سے ہونے والے گناہ ہیں۔ ان سے ہر طرح بچنا اور انہیں ترک کرنا چاہیے۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies three major bodily transgressions—killing, stealing, and sexual violation of another’s spouse—and instructs that they should be completely avoided. It frames dharma as beginning with restraint of physical actions that directly harm others and society.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he enumerates key prohibitions (bodily sins) as part of a broader ethical teaching on how one should live.