Shloka 15
ब्रह्मस्वहरण-निषेधः — Prohibition of Appropriating Brahmin Property
Brahmasva
नरकं त्रिंशतं प्राप्प स्वविष्ठामुपजीवति । श्वचर्यामभिमानं च सखिदारे च विप्लवम्
narakaṁ triṁśataṁ prāpya svaviṣṭhām upajīvati | śvacaryām abhimānaṁ ca sakhidāre ca viplavam ||
Le Caṇḍāla dit : «Après être tombé dans trente enfers, il vit en se nourrissant de ses propres excréments. Puis il est poussé à la condition de chien, avec un orgueil égaré, et sa maison comme ses amitiés sont jetées dans la ruine.»
चाण्डाल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses karmic retribution: unethical conduct leads to degrading consequences—both in post-mortem suffering (hells) and in the collapse of one’s dignity, pride, and social/domestic stability.
A Caṇḍāla speaker describes the fate that befalls a wrongdoer: after experiencing multiple hells, he is reduced to a humiliating mode of existence and his relationships and household order are ruined.