Shloka 92
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
कृतघ्नस्तु मृतो राजन् यमस्य विषयं गत: । यमस्य पुरुषै: क्रुद्धैर्वधं प्राप्नोति दारुणम्,राजन! कृतघ्न मनुष्य मरनेके बाद यमराजके लोकमें जाता है। वहाँ क्रोधमें भरे हुए यमदूत उसके ऊपर बड़ी निर्दयताके साथ प्रहार करते हैं
kṛtaghnas tu mṛto rājan yamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ | yamasya puruṣaiḥ kruddhair vadhaṃ prāpnoti dāruṇam ||
രാജാവേ! കൃതഘ്നൻ മരിച്ച ശേഷം യമന്റെ അധീനഭൂമിയിലേക്കു പോകുന്നു. അവിടെ ക്രോധം നിറഞ്ഞ യമദൂതന്മാർ അവനു ഭയങ്കരവും ദാരുണവുമായ ശിക്ഷ നൽകുന്നു.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that kṛtaghnatā (ingratitude) is a serious adharma. Failing to acknowledge and repay benefaction violates moral order and leads to severe retribution, symbolized by punishment in Yama’s realm.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the king and describes the post-mortem fate of an ungrateful person: after death he enters Yama’s jurisdiction, where Yama’s angry attendants administer a dreadful punishment, serving as a deterrent and moral instruction.