Mahabharata · Mahabharata
अहिंसा परमो धर्मः
ahiṁsā paramo dharmaḥ
✦
“Non-violence is the highest duty.”
मूल Original
अहिंसा परमो धर्मः
Sanskrit, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
ahiṁsā paramo dharmaḥ
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
Non-violence is the highest duty.
A thought about peace.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Vyasa (Mahabharata)
Vyasa's vast epic of a family at war, and what dharma asks of us.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
When someone asks, “What does your T-shirt say?”
It's from Mahabharata, in Sanskrit. It means: “Non-violence is the highest duty.”
That's the whole idea. One line, and a conversation about something that has mattered for a thousand years.
Wear this verse
Non-violence is the highest duty
₹749 ₹899
Choose colour & size →
If this stayed with you