Shloka 9
मांसभक्षण-दोषाः तथा अहिंसाया माहात्म्यम् | Faults of Meat-Consumption and the Supremacy of Ahiṃsā
प्रत्याख्याने च दाने च सुखदुःखे प्रियाप्रिये आत्मौपम्येन पुरुष: प्रमाणमधिगच्छति
pratyākhyāne ca dāne ca sukhaduḥkhe priyāpriye ātmaupamyena puruṣaḥ pramāṇam adhigacchati
由提施提罗说道：“无论是拒绝还是施与，是带来快乐还是痛苦，是做可喜之事还是可憎之事，人都应以己度人而得其准绳——明白他人亦如自己一般，有欢喜也有忧悲。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical judgment should be guided by ātmaupamya—placing oneself in another’s position. Since others experience pleasure and pain as we do, one should measure actions like giving, refusing, pleasing, or displeasing by that empathetic standard.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a practical criterion for right conduct: when deciding how to treat others—especially in matters of requests, gifts, and interpersonal harm or benefit—one should use self-comparison to discern the proper course.