Bhishma said Listen to me, O scion of Kuru's race, what the merit is of abstention from meat. Listen to me as I declare to you what the excellent ordinances, in sooth, are on this subject.
भीष्म उवाच मांसस्याभक्षणाद् राजन् यो धर्मः कुरुनन्दन। तन्मे शृणु यथातत्त्वं यथास्य विधिरुत्तमः॥