Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 39
Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda
Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni
खरीदनेवाला धनके द्वारा, खानेवाला उपभोगके द्वारा और घातक वध एवं बन्धनके द्वारा पशुओंकी हिंसा करता है। इस प्रकार यह तीन तरहसे प्राणियोंका वध होता है ।।
akḥādann anumodaṁś ca bhāva-doṣeṇa mānavaḥ | yo 'numodati hanyantaṁ so 'pi doṣeṇa lipyate ||
毗湿摩说道：“购买者以财而行害；食者以享用而行害；行凶者以屠杀与捆缚而行害。如此，众生之杀有三途。又有其人虽不自食肉，却赞同食肉者；因意念之过，亦分担食肉之罪。同样，凡赞同杀者者，也必为暴害之过所染。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral culpability is not limited to the person who performs violence or eats meat; approving, consenting to, or encouraging such acts also creates ethical taint (doṣa), because intention and endorsement (anumodana) bind one to the act’s karma.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he emphasizes the ethics of non-violence and the breadth of responsibility: even indirect participation—through approval—implicates a person in the wrongdoing.