Shloka 127
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
ये पापानि नराः कृत्वा निरस्यन्ति व्रतैः सदा । सुखदुःखसमायुक्ता व्यथितास्ते भवन्त्युत
ye pāpāni narāḥ kṛtvā nirasyanti vrataiḥ sadā | sukhaduḥkhasamāyuktā vyathitās te bhavanty uta ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「罪を犯しておきながら、誓戒や修行によってそれを絶えず払い落とそうとする者は、快と苦の交替に縛られたまま、なお同じく悩み苦しむ。内なる不安は確かな安住の地を得ない。真の改悛を伴わぬ贖いは、悪行の根を断ち切らぬからである。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Expiatory vows alone do not secure peace if one continues sinful conduct; without genuine inner change and restraint, a person remains trapped in recurring pleasure and pain and lives in ongoing distress.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instruction setting, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks about the moral psychology of wrongdoing and atonement, emphasizing that repeated sin followed by ritual remedies still results in suffering.