Shloka 33
Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)
धर्मदृष्टविंधिद्वारैस्तपस्तप्स्यामहे वयम् । भवत: सम्यगिष्टा तु बुद्धिर्हिंसाविवर्जिता
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
dharmadṛṣṭa-vidhi-dvārais tapaḥ tapsyāmahe vayam | bhavataḥ samyag-iṣṭā tu buddhir hiṃsā-vivarjitā | visarjitāḥ samāptau ca satrād asmād vrajāmahe ||
我们将只依《法》（dharma）所许可的仪轨与戒律而修行苦行（tapas）。你真正所珍爱的，是远离暴害之心；因此，主上啊，在诸祭祀之中，当恒常扶持并宣说阿希ṃ萨（ahiṃsā，不害）之义。待此祭会圆满、你准许我们告退之时，我们便将离此而归家。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity and ritual must be governed by dharma, and the ethical ideal emphasized here is a mind and practice free from violence (ahiṃsā/hiṃsā-vivarjana), even within sacrificial contexts.
The speaker reports a group’s resolve to practice tapas only by dharma-sanctioned procedures, praises the addressee’s preference for non-violence, urges him to uphold ahiṃsā in sacrifices, and states they will depart for home once the sacrificial session (satra) concludes and they are formally dismissed.