Shloka 79
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
पिपीलिकस्तु मासांस्त्रीन् कीट: स्यान्मासमेव तु । एतानासाद्य संसारान् कृमियोनौ प्रजायते
pipīlikas tu māsāṁs trīn kīṭaḥ syān māsam eva tu | etān āsādya saṁsārān kṛmiyonau prajāyate ||
Yudhiṣṭhira dit : «Ensuite, il devient fourmi durant trois mois, et ver durant un seul mois. Ayant traversé ces cycles du saṁsāra, il renaît encore dans la matrice des vers.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
That saṁsāra operates through moral causality: one’s deeds can lead to degraded, repetitive births, so ethical living is urged to avoid falling into low and painful forms of existence.
Yudhiṣṭhira is describing a sequence of low births (ant and worm) and the recurrence of worm-birth after cycling through such states, as part of a broader discussion on the consequences of actions and the mechanics of rebirth.