Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 16
Dvaipāyana–Kīṭa Saṃvāda: Karmic Memory, Fear of Death, and Embodied Pleasure
मांसभक्षी मूर्ख मनुष्य स्वर्गमें पूर्णतः सुलभ होनेवाले भेरी, मृदंग और वीणाके दिव्य मधुर शब्दोंका सेवन कैसे कर सकेंगे; क्योंकि वे स्वर्गमें नहीं जा सकते ।।
pareṣāṁ dhana-dhānyānāṁ hiṁsakās tāvakās tathā | praśaṁsakāś ca māṁsasya nityaṁ svarge bahiṣkṛtāḥ || acintitam anirdiṣṭam asaṅkalpitam eva ca | rasa-gṛddhyābhibhūtā ye praśaṁsanti phalārthinaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“毁坏他人财物与谷粮者，以及习惯性称颂食肉者，永远被摒弃于天界之外。为味欲所制，他们赞美肉食，心中却只贪求其所希冀的‘果报’；于是堕入一种极其可怖的归宿——未曾被想象，未曾被指陈，甚至未曾在心中构想。故而，他们也无缘享受天界之乐——如鼓与琴那甘美的天音——因为他们根本到不了天界。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma links ethical restraint to spiritual destiny: harming others’ livelihood and glorifying meat-eating—driven by craving for taste—are presented as adharma that leads to exclusion from heaven and to an unimaginably bad downfall.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira about conduct and consequences. Here he condemns destructive harm to others’ resources and the celebration of meat-eating, warning of severe post-mortem consequences.