Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 34
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
स्वमांसं परमांसेन यो वर्धयितुमिच्छति । उद्विग्नवासो वसति यत्र यत्राभिजायते,जो दूसरोंके मांससे अपना मांस बढ़ाना चाहता है, वह जहाँ कहीं भी जन्म लेता है, चैनसे नहीं रहने पाता है
svamāṁsaṁ paramāṁsena yo vardhayitum icchati | udvignavāso vasati yatra yatrābhijāyate ||
Bhishma nói: “Kẻ muốn bồi đắp thân thịt mình bằng thịt của kẻ khác—sống bằng cách làm hại người khác để mưu lợi cho mình—dù sinh ra ở đâu cũng ở trong xao động, chẳng thể an cư trong bình yên.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Gaining one’s benefit by injuring others (symbolized as ‘feeding on another’s flesh’) leads to inner unrest and karmic consequences; such a person, in any birth, lacks peace.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and right conduct. Here he gives a pointed ethical maxim: exploitation and violence for self-growth result in perpetual anxiety rather than well-being.