Shloka 28
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
दुकूले शार्ङ्गकः पापो हृते चैवांशुके शुकः ।
तथैवाजाविकं हृत्वा वस्त्रं क्षौमं च जायते ॥
dukūle śārṅgakaḥ pāpo hṛte caivāṃśuke śukaḥ | tathaivājāvikaṃ hṛtvā vastraṃ kṣaumaṃ ca jāyate
Si l’on dérobe une étoffe fine (dukūla), le pécheur naît comme śārṅgaka (un certain oiseau). Si l’on dérobe un vêtement léger (aṃśuka), on naît comme perroquet. De même, ayant dérobé une étoffe de laine (ājāvika), on naît en condition liée au kṣauma (lin).
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FAQs
The passage discourages acquisitiveness for luxury goods and personal adornment. It portrays theft as a cause of losing human status and entering instinctive, imitative, or dependent modes of life.
Karma-vipāka/ācāra instruction; not a pañcalakṣaṇa section.
Bird-forms often symbolize restlessness and sensory pursuit. The textile mapping suggests karmic ‘entanglement’ in material textures—consciousness caught in surfaces (appearance) rather than substance (dharma).