Shloka 71
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
धान्यान् यवांस्तिलान् माषान् कुलत्थान् सर्षपांश्वणान् । कलापानथ मुद्गांश्व गोधूमानतसींस्तथा
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
dhānyān yavāṁs tilān māṣān kulatthān sarṣapāñ chvaṇān |
kalāpān atha mudgāṁś ca godhūmān atasīṁs tathā ||
মহাৰাজ! যি পুৰুষ লাজ ত্যাগ কৰি, অজ্ঞান আৰু মোহৰ বশত ধান, যৱ, তিল, মাষ, কুলত্থ, সৰ্ষপ, চণা, কলায়, মুদ্গ, গোধূম আৰু অতসী আদি শস্য চুৰি কৰে, সি মৃত্যুৰ পাছত প্ৰথমে ইঁদুৰ হয়।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Stealing basic sustenance (grains and pulses) is a serious adharma; when driven by ignorance and delusion and done without moral restraint, it leads to degrading karmic consequences, here expressed as rebirth in a low form (a mouse).
In Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instruction context, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks about specific acts of wrongdoing and their results; this verse lists common food-grains and states the post-mortem consequence for stealing them.