Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 216
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
बुद्धिरात्मा च सहिता धर्म पश्यन्ति नित्यदा | बृहस्पतिजीने कहा--धर्मराज! पृथ्वी, जल, अग्नि, वायु, आकाश, मन, यम, बुद्धि और आत्मा--ये सब सदा एक साथ मनुष्यके धर्मपर दृष्टि रखते हैं
buddhir ātmā ca sahitā dharma paśyanti nityadā |
尤提士提罗说道：“智慧（buddhi）与真我（ātman）合而为一，恒常观照人的达摩。”在相关教诲中，布里哈斯帕提告诫达摩王：诸元素与内在机能——地、水、火、风、空、意（mind）、阎摩（Yama）、智慧与真我——皆为常住之证人，时时注视众生是否循正法而行。
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is never private: one’s own intellect and inner Self, along with cosmic and moral forces, continually witness conduct. This frames ethical life as accountability before both inner conscience and universal order.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on righteous living, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks, and the discourse (attributed here to Bṛhaspati) emphasizes that the elements and inner faculties—culminating in buddhi and ātman—observe human actions, urging steadfast adherence to dharma.