Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 1063
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
क्षौमं च वस्त्रमादाय शशो जन्तु: प्रजायते । सूती वस्त्रकी चोरी करके मरा हुआ मनुष्य क्रौंच पक्षीकी योनिमें जन्म लेता है। भारत! पाटम्बर
kṣaumaṃ ca vastram ādāya śaśo jantuḥ prajāyate |
ຢຸທິສະຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດລັກເອົາເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງ kṣauma ຈະເກີດໃໝ່ເປັນສັດຄ້າຍກະຕ່າຍ»។ ຄຳກອນນີ້ຍ້ຳເນັ້ນຫຼັກທຳວ່າ ການລັກຂອງ—ໂດຍສະເພາະຂອງຈຳເປັນເຊັ່ນເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງຫົ່ມຂອງຜູ້ອື່ນ—ຍ່ອມມີຜົນກຳ ປາກົດເປັນການເກີດຕ່ຳຕ້ອຍດັ່ງທີ່ກ່າວໄວ້ນີ້.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is that theft (especially of necessities like clothing) violates dharma and results in karmic retribution, here symbolized by rebirth into a lower animal form (hare).
Within Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma-instructions, Yudhiṣṭhira states a specific karmic consequence: stealing a kṣauma garment leads to rebirth as a hare-like creature, illustrating moral causality through concrete examples.