Shloka 35
Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)
अकृशो वायुभग्नाड्: शकुनिर्विकृतस्तथा । चतुष्पाद् बहुरूपश्च पुनर्भवति बालिश:
akṛśo vāyubhagnāṅgaḥ śakunir vikṛtas tathā | catuṣpād bahurūpaś ca punar bhavati bāliśaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「幾度もの生において、人はさまざまに変じた境遇で現れる。あるときは痩せ衰え、あるときは風の病（ヴァータ）に砕かれた身となり、あるときは鳥となり、あるときは醜く歪んだ姿となる。さらにまた、四足の獣となり、多くの姿を持つ者となり、ついには愚鈍な愚者となることさえある。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the results of karma can manifest as varied and even diminished embodiments—illness, deformity, animal birth, or foolishness—highlighting the ethical urgency of right conduct and right understanding.
Bhīṣma is instructing about the workings of karma and saṃsāra, describing how a being may repeatedly take different bodily forms and conditions across births, including human, animal, and impaired states.