Shloka 44
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
यमस्य भवने दिव्ये ब्रहलोकसमे गुणै: । कर्मभिनियतैर्बद्धो जन्तुर्दु:खान्युपाश्चुते
yamasya bhavane divye brahmalokasame guṇaiḥ | karmabhiniyataire baddho jantur duḥkhāny upāśnute ||
Dijo Yudhiṣṭhira: «En la morada resplandeciente de Yama—divina y, por sus excelencias, comparable a Brahmaloka—sin embargo, el ser viviente, atado por la coerción de sus propios actos, padece sufrimientos.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a splendid or divine realm, one cannot escape the binding force of one’s own karma; actions determine experience, and wrongdoing yields suffering regardless of external grandeur.
Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the moral order governing the afterlife: Yama’s realm may be magnificent like Brahmaloka, but beings who arrive there bound by their deeds still undergo painful consequences.