Shloka 61
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
खरो जीवति मासांस्तु दश श्वा च चतुर्दश । बिडाल: सप्तमासांस्तु ततो जायति मानव:
kharo jīvati māsāṁs tu daśa śvā ca caturdaśa | biḍālaḥ saptamāsāṁs tu tato jāyati mānavaḥ ||
ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ສັດນັ້ນຢູ່ສິບເດືອນໃນຍົນຂອງລາ; ຕໍ່ຈາກນັ້ນ ຢູ່ສິບສີ່ເດືອນເປັນໝາ; ແລະຢູ່ເຈັດເດືອນເປັນແມວ. ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ ຈຶ່ງເກີດຄືນເປັນມະນຸດ. ຖ້ອຍຄໍານີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນເຫດຜົນແຫ່ງກຳ ແລະເສັ້ນທາງອັນຫຍຸ້ງຍາກແບບເປັນຂັ້ນໆ ໃນການກັບຄືນສູ່ການເກີດເປັນມະນຸດຫຼັງຈາກຮ່າງຕໍ່າຕໍ່າ.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights karmic causality and the idea that after experiencing lower embodiments (animal yonis) for specified durations, a being may eventually regain human birth—implying that ethical conduct is crucial to avoid degradation and to secure a meaningful human life.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused dialogue, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks about the sequence and duration of births in different wombs/species, describing a progression from donkey to dog to cat and then back to human birth, as part of a broader discussion on conduct and its results.