TY - JOUR AU - Gorai, Bithika AU - Dwivedi, Rajiv Ranjan PY - 2022/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - AHIMSA AND ĀNṚŚAṂSYA DHARMA FROM THE MAHABHARATA FOR A SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSE JF - Journal of Dharma JA - JD VL - 47 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/jd/article/view/3536 SP - 203-216 AB - <p>The article explores and elucidates two <em>parama</em> (greatest) dharmas from the <em>Mahabharata</em>, <em>Ān</em><em>ṛśaṃsya</em> (absence of cruelty<em>, </em>vileness, and treachery<em>)</em> and <em>Ahimsa</em> (non-violence), as a means to promote the goal for a sustainable way of living in the world which faces the challenges of a narrow anthropocentric worldview. Having investigated the intricacies involved in violence, non-violence, and just violence with illustrations from the <em>Mahabharata</em>, the paper delves into the principle of a<em>n</em><em>ṛśaṃsya </em>and its practical applicability in real life. The ethical practice of <em>Ān</em><em>ṛśaṃsya </em>in action, if transmitted from individual to the community, can bring positive changes in the functioning of the world, ensuring the welfare and sustainable prosperity for all.</p> ER -