Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 19
Dvaipāyana–Kīṭa Saṃvāda: Karmic Memory, Fear of Death, and Embodied Pleasure
एवमेषा महाराज चतुर्भि: कारणैर्वृता । अहिंसा तव निर्दिष्टा सर्वधर्मानुसंहिता
evameṣā mahārāja caturbhiḥ kāraṇair vṛtā | ahiṃsā tava nirdiṣṭā sarvadharmānusaṃhitā ||
毗湿摩说道：“因此，大王啊，这一原则——由四种支撑之因所维系与护持——已为你阐明为‘阿希姆萨’（ahiṃsā，不害）。它与一切法之正道相互交织，并在自身之中汇聚诸法的精髓。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that ahiṃsā (non-violence/non-injury) is not a minor or isolated virtue but a principle supported by multiple foundations and permeating all forms of dharma; it functions as a unifying ethical thread across duties and moral disciplines.
During Bhishma’s instruction to King Yudhiṣṭhira in the Anushasana Parva, he summarizes his exposition on ahiṃsā, stating that it is upheld through four supporting causes and that it is integrated with the entirety of dharma.