Shloka 1146
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
वरं पिनाकी भगवान् सर्वभूतहिते रत: । इतना ही नहीं, सर्वभूतहितकारी पिनाकपाणि भगवान् शिवने गीध और गीदड़को भी उनकी भूख मिट जानेका वरदान दे दिया
varaṁ pinākī bhagavān sarvabhūtahite rataḥ |
毗湿摩说道：持槃迦弓者、吉祥的主宰毗那迦（Pinākī，湿婆），恒常致力于一切众生之福祉，赐下了一道恩赐。确然，那执持槃迦（Pināka）之湿婆，以万类之善为志，甚至也赐福于秃鹫与豺，使其饥饿得以满足，彰显了不偏不倚、超越人类社会而遍及一切生命的慈悲。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True dharma includes sarvabhūta-hita—concern for the welfare of all beings. Śiva’s boon to even scavenging animals highlights impartial compassion and the ethical ideal of extending care beyond one’s own group or species.
Bhīṣma describes Śiva (Pinākī) as devoted to universal welfare and recounts that he granted a boon that satisfied the hunger of a vulture and a jackal, demonstrating divine benevolence reaching even the lowly and the overlooked.