Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 17
Dvaipāyana–Kīṭa Saṃvāda: Karmic Memory, Fear of Death, and Embodied Pleasure
(भस्म विष्ठा कृमिर्वापि निष्ठा यस्येदृशी ध्रुवा । स काय: परपीडाभि: कथं धार्यों विपश्चिता ।।
bhasma viṣṭhā kṛmir vāpi niṣṭhā yasyedṛśī dhruvā | sa kāyaḥ parapīḍābhiḥ kathaṃ dhāryo vipaścitā ||
毗湿摩说道：“对于此身，三种结局必有其一，确定而不可避免：或化为灰烬，或被某种生灵吞食后化作粪秽，或被弃置而生蛆虫。既知如此，智者怎能为了维持这副躯壳而加害他者，以他者之肉来滋养自身？即便称赞食肉，也会使人缠入罪业及其果报之网。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The body’s end is inevitably decay—ashes, excrement, or worms—so a discerning person should not nourish it through violence to other beings; endorsing meat-eating is portrayed as binding one to sinful karma and its results.
In Anushasana Parva’s dharma instruction, Bhishma continues advising on righteous conduct, using stark images of the body’s fate to argue against harming others for bodily sustenance, especially in the context of consuming or praising meat.