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Shloka 42

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

यदेतदुच्यते शास्त्रे सेतिहासे च च्छन्दसि । यमस्य विषयं घोर मर्त्यों लोक: प्रपद्यते

yad etad ucyate śāstre setihāse ca chandasi | yamasya viṣayaṃ ghoraṃ martyo lokaḥ prapadyate ||

Yudhiṣṭhira nói: “Điều được nói trong các śāstra có thẩm quyền, trong truyền thống Itihāsa, và trong các thánh ca Veda—tức cõi giới ghê rợn của Yama—thì vào cõi ấy, thế gian phàm nhân tất yếu phải bước tới.”

यत्that which
यत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said/declared
उच्यते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive
शास्त्रेin the treatise/scripture
शास्त्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
स-इतिहासेin (texts) together with itihāsa
स-इतिहासे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootइतिहास
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
छन्दसिin the Veda (chandas)
छन्दसि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootछन्दस्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootयम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
विषयम्domain/realm
विषयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविषय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मर्त्यःa mortal
मर्त्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लोकःworld/state (of existence)
लोकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रपद्यतेattains/enters/resorts to
प्रपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-पद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
Y
Yama

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the inevitability of death and post-mortem accountability: all mortals enter Yama’s fearful jurisdiction, a truth affirmed across śāstra, itihāsa, and Vedic revelation, urging ethical living grounded in dharma.

Yudhiṣṭhira, in a didactic exchange within the Anuśāsana Parva, invokes multiple sources of authority—treatises, epic tradition, and Vedic hymns—to frame a discussion about the fate of mortals and the dread realm governed by Yama.