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Shloka 22

मांसपरिवर्जन-प्रशंसा (Praise of Abstention from Meat) / Ethics of Ahiṃsā in Diet and Rite

न्यायेनैवाप्तमन्नं तु नरो हर्षसमन्वित: । द्विजेभ्यो वेदवृद्धेभ्यो दत्त्वा पापात्‌ प्रमुच्यते

nyāyenaivāptam annaṁ tu naro harṣa-samanvitaḥ | dvijebhyo veda-vṛddhebhyo dattvā pāpāt pramucyate ||

Yudhiṣṭhira nói: “Người nào có được thức ăn bằng phương cách chính đáng, rồi với niềm hoan hỷ đem bố thí cho hàng ‘hai lần sinh’—những Bà-la-môn đã chín muồi trong học vấn Veda—thì được giải thoát khỏi tội. Bài kệ cho thấy bố thí chỉ thật sự có hiệu lực đạo đức khi cả cách kiếm được lẫn tâm thế cho đi đều hòa hợp với dharma.”

न्यायेनby justice/right means
न्यायेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootन्याय
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आप्तम्obtained
आप्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआप्त
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हर्षसमन्वितःendowed with joy
हर्षसमन्वितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहर्ष-समन्वित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्विजेभ्यःto the twice-born (Brahmins)
द्विजेभ्यः:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
FormMasculine, Dative, Plural
वेदवृद्धेभ्यःto those advanced in the Veda
वेदवृद्धेभ्यः:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद-वृद्ध
FormMasculine, Dative, Plural
दत्त्वाhaving given
दत्त्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
पापात्from sin
पापात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
प्रमुच्यतेis released/freed
प्रमुच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-मुच्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive (Ātmanepada-form)

युधिछ्िर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
D
dvija (Brahmins)
V
veda-vṛddha (Veda-learned elders)
A
anna (food)

Educational Q&A

Charity purifies when it is supported by dharmic livelihood (food obtained by just means) and offered with a joyful, respectful intention to worthy recipients—here, Veda-learned Brahmins—leading to release from sin.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a rule of ethical giving: the donor should first ensure righteous acquisition, then give food gladly to qualified Brahmins, which is said to remove sinful bondage.