Shloka 64
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
भर्तृपिण्डमुपाश्नन् यो राजद्विष्टानि सेवते । सो<5पि मोहसमापन्नो मृतो जायति वानर:,जो पुरुष राजाके टुकड़े खाकर पलता हुआ भी मोहवश उसके शत्रुओंकी सेवा करता है, वह मरनेके बाद वानर होता है
bhartṛpiṇḍam upāśnan yo rājadvīṣṭāni sevate | so 'pi mohasamāpanno mṛto jāyati vānaraḥ ||
«Même si un homme vit en mangeant des largesses du roi, s’il—dans l’aveuglement—sert ceux qui haïssent le roi, alors, après sa mort, il renaît en singe.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not accept a ruler’s protection and sustenance while aiding or serving that ruler’s enemies. Such double-dealing, born of delusion (moha), is treated as adharma and is said to bring a degrading rebirth.
In Yudhiṣṭhira’s discourse on conduct and duty, he states a moral consequence: a person who lives on the king’s support yet serves those hostile to the king is condemned, with the text assigning a specific karmic result—rebirth as a monkey.