Shloka 27
Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant
ध्तराष्ट्र रवाच ये सर्वभूतेषु निवृत्तकामा अमांसादा न्यस्तदण्डाशक्षरन्ति । न हिंसन्ति स्थावरं जड़म॑ च भूतानां ये सर्वभूतात्म भूता:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | ye sarvabhūteṣu nivṛttakāmā amāṃsādā nyastadaṇḍāḥ kṣaranti | na hiṃsanti sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ ye sarvabhūtātmabhūtāḥ ||
持国说道：“圣者啊，那些对一切众生都已息灭欲望者，不食肉者，已放下刑杖者，不伤害不动与能动诸类者，并且以一切众生皆如自身之我者——唯有这样的人，才堪当那名为‘北俱卢（Uttara Kuru）’的福乐之境。”
गौतम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises a dharmic ideal centered on ahiṃsā and inner renunciation: freedom from desire, abstention from meat, refusal to punish or injure, and the spiritual vision that all beings are one’s own Self. Such conduct is presented as the qualification for attaining a higher, blessed realm (Uttara Kuru).
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused dialogue, Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses the sage Gautama, describing the qualities of people who are eligible for the exalted region called Uttara Kuru—those who are desireless and non-violent toward all life.