Question

How did Dharmavyadha teach the values of Dharma to Kaushika?​

Answer 1

The answer is given as follows:

Explanation:

• Dharmavyadha taught Kaushika the nature of Dharma and Ahimsa by his own example.  

• He told Kaushika that butchery has been his family’s business for generations. He devoted all his time to this business in order to satisfy his customers.

• This work allowed him to take care of his aged parents as well as his family. It also ensured that he had the ability to live a decent life in a good city.  

• He told Kaushika that no act is good or bad. No act is of lower or higher stature. It is lower or higher based on the motivating force behind that act.  

• He preached that Ahimsa (non-violence) and Satya (truth) are the two chief pillars of Dharma.

• A verdict on what is truth, under difficult situations, should be made by electing that course of action which would direct to the greatest good of all that is (Bhuta).  

• And Ahimsa is when a person longs and acts for the advantage of all keeping the correct understanding of Justice (Nyaya) and virtues (GuNa).

• He also told Kaushika that in search of Yogic Siddhis he has neglected his duties towards his parents, his family and has turned an ascetic.  

• That he needs not only to learn from him but also from the housewife who sent him here, and that Dharma and knowledge can be realized perfectly by staying in the society and accomplishing all the duties and meriting all the Purusharthas.