Shloka 128
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
असंवासा: प्रजायन्ते म्लेच्छाश्वापि न संशय: । नरा: पापसमाचारा लोभमोहसमन्विता:
asaṁvāsāḥ prajāyante mlecchāś cāpi na saṁśayaḥ | narāḥ pāpasamācārā lobhamohasamanvitāḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “From such conduct arise people who are without proper social belonging and settlement; they become mlecchas as well—of this there is no doubt. Men whose behavior is sinful, and who are driven by greed and delusion, fall away from the disciplined order of life and descend into a degraded condition.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sinful conduct driven by greed (lobha) and delusion (moha) leads to social and moral degradation; such people lose stable belonging and fall outside the disciplined dharmic order.
Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking in a didactic context, describing the consequences of immoral behavior: it produces unsettled, degraded modes of life and a fall from dharmic social norms.