 | Book 13 Chapter 116
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | ahiṃsā paramo dharma ity uktaṃ bahuśas tvayā
śrāddheṣu ca bhavān āha pitṝn āmiṣakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
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| 2 | māṃsair bahuvidhaiḥ proktas tvayā śrāddhavidhiḥ purā
ahatvā ca kuto māṃsam evam etad virudhyate
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| 3 | jāto naḥ saṃśayo dharme māṃsasya parivarjane
doṣo bhakṣayataḥ kaḥ syāt kaś cābhakṣayato guṇaḥ
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| 4 | hatvā bhakṣayato vāpi pareṇopahṛtasya vā
hanyād vā yaḥ parasyārthe krītvā vā bhakṣayen naraḥ
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| 5 | etad icchāmi tattvena kathyamānaṃ tvayānagha
niścayena cikīrṣāmi dharmam etaṃ sanātanam
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| 6 | katham āyur avāpnoti kathaṃ bhavati sattvavān
katham avyaṅgatām eti lakṣaṇyo jāyate katham
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| 7 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 7 | māṃsasya bhakṣaṇe rājan yo 'dharmaḥ kurupuṃgava
taṃ me śṛṇu yathātattvaṃ yaś cāsya vidhir uttamaḥ
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| 8 | rūpam avyaṅgatām āyur buddhiṃ sattvaṃ balaṃ smṛtim
prāptukāmair narair hiṃsā varjitā vai kṛtātmabhiḥ
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| 9 | ṛṣīṇām atra saṃvādo bahuśaḥ kurupuṃgava
babhūva teṣāṃ tu mataṃ yat tac chṛṇu yudhiṣṭhira
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| 10 | yo yajetāśvamedhena māsi māsi yatavrataḥ
varjayen madhu māṃsaṃ ca samam etad yudhiṣṭhira
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| 11 | saptarṣayo vālakhilyās tathaiva ca marīcipāḥ
amāṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ rājan praśaṃsanti manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 12 | na bhakṣayati yo māṃsaṃ na hanyān na ca ghātayet
taṃ mitraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo 'bravīt
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| 13 | adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ viśvāsyaḥ sarvajantuṣu
sādhūnāṃ saṃmato nityaṃ bhaven māṃsasya varjanāt
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| 14 | svamāṃsaṃ paramāṃsena yo vardhayitum icchati
nāradaḥ prāha dharmātmā niyataṃ so 'vasīdati
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| 15 | dadāti yajate cāpi tapasvī ca bhavaty api
madhumāṃsanivṛttyeti prāhaivaṃ sa bṛhaspatiḥ
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| 16 | māsi māsy aśvamedhena yo yajeta śataṃ samāḥ
na khādati ca yo māṃsaṃ samam etan mataṃ mama
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| 17 | sadā yajati satreṇa sadā dānaṃ prayacchati
sadā tapasvī bhavati madhumāṃsasya varjanāt
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| 18 | sarve vedā na tat kuryuḥ sarvayajñāś ca bhārata
yo bhakṣayitvā māṃsāni paścād api nivartate
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| 19 | duṣkaraṃ hi rasajñena māṃsasya parivarjanam
cartuṃ vratam idaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sarvaprāṇyabhayapradam
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| 20 | sarvabhūteṣu yo vidvān dadāty abhayadakṣiṇām
dātā bhavati loke sa prāṇānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 21 | evaṃ vai paramaṃ dharmaṃ praśaṃsanti manīṣiṇaḥ
prāṇā yathātmano 'bhīṣṭā bhūtānām api te tathā
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| 22 | ātmaupamyena gantavyaṃ buddhimadbhir mahātmabhiḥ
mṛtyuto bhayam astīti viduṣāṃ bhūtim icchatām
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| 23 | kiṃ punar hanyamānānāṃ tarasā jīvitārthinām
arogāṇām apāpānāṃ pāpair māṃsopajīvibhiḥ
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| 24 | tasmād viddhi mahārāja māṃsasya parivarjanam
dharmasyāyatanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ svargasya ca sukhasya ca
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| 25 | ahiṃsā paramo dharmas tathāhiṃsā paraṃ tapaḥ
ahiṃsā paramaṃ satyaṃ tato dharmaḥ pravartate
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| 26 | na hi māṃsaṃ tṛṇāt kāṣṭhād upalād vāpi jāyate
hatvā jantuṃ tato māṃsaṃ tasmād doṣo 'sya bhakṣaṇe
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| 27 | svāhāsvadhāmṛtabhujo devāḥ satyārjavapriyāḥ
kravyādān rākṣasān viddhi jihmānṛtaparāyaṇān
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| 28 | kāntāreṣv atha ghoreṣu durgeṣu gahaneṣu ca
rātrāv ahani saṃdhyāsu catvareṣu sabhāsu ca
amāṃsabhakṣaṇe rājan bhayam ante na gacchati
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| 29 | yadi cet khādako na syān na tadā ghātako bhavet
ghātakaḥ khādakārthāya taṃ ghātayati vai naraḥ
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| 30 | abhakṣyam etad iti vā iti hiṃsā nivartate
khādakārtham ato hiṃsā mṛgādīnāṃ pravartate
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| 31 | yasmād grasati caivāyur hiṃsakānāṃ mahādyute
tasmād vivarjayen māṃsaṃ ya icched bhūtim ātmanaḥ
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| 32 | trātāraṃ nādhigacchanti raudrāḥ prāṇivihiṃsakāḥ
udvejanīyā bhūtānāṃ yathā vyālamṛgās tathā
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| 33 | lobhād vā buddhimohād vā balavīryārtham eva ca
saṃsargād vātha pāpānām adharmarucitā nṛṇām
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| 34 | svamāṃsaṃ paramāṃsena yo vardhayitum icchati
udvignavāse vasati yatratatrābhijāyate
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| 35 | dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat
māṃsasyābhakṣaṇaṃ prāhur niyatāḥ paramarṣayaḥ
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| 36 | idaṃ tu khalu kaunteya śrutam āsīt purā mayā
mārkaṇḍeyasya vadato ye doṣā māṃsabhakṣaṇe
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| 37 | yo hi khādati māṃsāni prāṇināṃ jīvitārthinām
hatānāṃ vā mṛtānāṃ vā yathā hantā tathaiva saḥ
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| 38 | dhanena krāyako hanti khādakaś copabhogataḥ
ghātako vadhabandhābhyām ity eṣa trividho vadhaḥ
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| 39 | akhādann anumodaṃś ca bhāvadoṣeṇa mānavaḥ
yo 'numanyeta hantavyaṃ so 'pi doṣeṇa lipyate
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| 40 | adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānām āyuṣmān nīrujaḥ sukhī
bhavaty abhakṣayan māṃsaṃ dayāvān prāṇinām iha
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| 41 | hiraṇyadānair godānair bhūmidānaiś ca sarvaśaḥ
māṃsasyābhakṣaṇe dharmo viśiṣṭaḥ syād iti śrutiḥ
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| 42 | aprokṣitaṃ vṛthāmāṃsaṃ vidhihīnaṃ na bhakṣayet
bhakṣayan nirayaṃ yāti naro nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ
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| 43 | prokṣitābhyukṣitaṃ māṃsaṃ tathā brāhmaṇakāmyayā
alpadoṣam iha jñeyaṃ viparīte tu lipyate
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| 44 | khādakasya kṛte jantuṃ yo hanyāt puruṣādhamaḥ
mahādoṣakaras tatra khādako na tu ghātakaḥ
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| 45 | ijyāyajñaśrutikṛtair yo mārgair abudho janaḥ
hanyāj jantuṃ māṃsagṛddhrī sa vai narakabhāṅ naraḥ
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| 46 | bhakṣayitvā tu yo māṃsaṃ paścād api nivartate
tasyāpi sumahān dharmo yaḥ pāpād vinivartate
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| 47 | āhartā cānumantā ca viśastā krayavikrayī
saṃskartā copabhoktā ca ghātakāḥ sarva eva te
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| 48 | idam anyat tu vakṣyāmi pramāṇaṃ vidhinirmitam
purāṇam ṛṣibhir juṣṭaṃ vedeṣu pariniścitam
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| 49 | pravṛttilakṣaṇe dharme phalārthibhir abhidrute
yathoktaṃ rājaśārdūla na tu tan mokṣakāṅkṣiṇām
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| 50 | havir yat saṃskṛtaṃ mantraiḥ prokṣitābhyukṣitaṃ śuci
vedoktena pramāṇena pitṝṇāṃ prakriyāsu ca
ato 'nyathā vṛthāmāṃsam abhakṣyaṃ manur abravīt
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| 51 | asvargyam ayaśasyaṃ ca rakṣovad bharatarṣabha
vidhinā hi narāḥ pūrvaṃ māṃsaṃ rājann abhakṣayan
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| 52 | ya icchet puruṣo 'tyantam ātmānaṃ nirupadravam
sa varjayeta māṃsāni prāṇinām iha sarvaśaḥ
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| 53 | śrūyate hi purākalpe nṛṇāṃ vrīhimayaḥ paśuḥ
yenāyajanta yajvānaḥ puṇyalokaparāyaṇāḥ
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| 54 | ṛṣibhiḥ saṃśayaṃ pṛṣṭo vasuś cedipatiḥ purā
abhakṣyam iti māṃsaṃ sa prāha bhakṣyam iti prabho
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| 55 | ākāśān medinīṃ prāptas tataḥ sa pṛthivīpatiḥ
etad eva punaś coktvā viveśa dharaṇītalam
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| 56 | prajānāṃ hitakāmena tv agastyena mahātmanā
āraṇyāḥ sarvadaivatyāḥ prokṣitās tapasā mṛgāḥ
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| 57 | kriyā hy evaṃ na hīyante pitṛdaivatasaṃśritāḥ
prīyante pitaraś caiva nyāyato māṃsatarpitāḥ
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| 58 | idaṃ tu śṛṇu rājendra kīrtyamānaṃ mayānagha
abhakṣaṇe sarvasukhaṃ māṃsasya manujādhipa
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| 59 | yas tu varṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ tapas tapyet sudāruṇam
yaś caikaṃ varjayen māṃsaṃ samam etan mataṃ mama
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| 60 | kaumude tu viśeṣeṇa śuklapakṣe narādhipa
varjayet sarvamāṃsāni dharmo hy atra vidhīyate
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| 61 | caturo vārṣikān māsān yo māṃsaṃ parivarjayet
catvāri bhadrāṇy āpnoti kīrtim āyur yaśo balam
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| 62 | atha vā māsam apy ekaṃ sarvamāṃsāny abhakṣayan
atītya sarvaduḥkhāni sukhī jīven nirāmayaḥ
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| 63 | ye varjayanti māṃsāni māsaśaḥ pakṣaśo 'pi vā
teṣāṃ hiṃsānivṛttānāṃ brahmaloko vidhīyate
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| 64 | māṃsaṃ tu kaumudaṃ pakṣaṃ varjitaṃ pārtha rājabhiḥ
sarvabhūtātmabhūtais tair vijñātārthaparāvaraiḥ
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| 65 | nābhāgenāmbarīṣeṇa gayena ca mahātmanā
āyuṣā cānaraṇyena dilīparaghupūrubhiḥ
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| 66 | kārtavīryāniruddhābhyāṃ nahuṣeṇa yayātinā
nṛgeṇa viṣvagaśvena tathaiva śaśabindunā
yuvanāśvena ca tathā śibinauśīnareṇa ca
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| 67 | śyenacitreṇa rājendra somakena vṛkeṇa ca
raivatena rantidevena vasunā sṛñjayena ca
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| 68 | duḥṣantena karūṣeṇa rāmālarkanalais tathā
virūpāśvena niminā janakena ca dhīmatā
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| 69 | silena pṛthunā caiva vīrasenena caiva ha
ikṣvākuṇā śaṃbhunā ca śvetena sagareṇa ca
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| 70 | etaiś cānyaiś ca rājendra purā māṃsaṃ na bhakṣitam
śāradaṃ kaumudaṃ māsaṃ tatas te svargam āpnuvan
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| 71 | brahmaloke ca tiṣṭhanti jvalamānāḥ śriyānvitāḥ
upāsyamānā gandharvaiḥ strīsahasrasamanvitāḥ
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| 72 | tad etad uttamaṃ dharmam ahiṃsālakṣaṇaṃ śubham
ye caranti mahātmāno nākapṛṣṭhe vasanti te
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| 73 | madhu māṃsaṃ ca ye nityaṃ varjayantīha dhārmikāḥ
janmaprabhṛti madyaṃ ca sarve te munayaḥ smṛtāḥ
viśiṣṭatāṃ jñātiṣu ca labhante nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 74 | āpannaś cāpado mucyed baddho mucyeta bandhanāt
mucyet tathāturo rogād duḥkhān mucyeta duḥkhitaḥ
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| 75 | tiryagyoniṃ na gaccheta rūpavāṃś ca bhaven naraḥ
buddhimān vai kuruśreṣṭha prāpnuyāc ca mahad yaśaḥ
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| 76 | etat te kathitaṃ rājan māṃsasya parivarjane
pravṛttau ca nivṛttau ca vidhānam ṛṣinirmitam
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