Shloka 19
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
कृमिः स्त्रीवधकर्त्ता च बालहन्ता च जायते ।
भोजनं चोरयित्वा तु मक्षिका जायते नरः ॥
kṛmiḥ strīvadhakartā ca bālahantā ca jāyate | bhojanaṃ corayitvā tu makṣikā jāyate naraḥ ||
സ്ത്രീഹന്താവും ശിശുഹന്താവും കീടയോണിയിൽ ജനിക്കുന്നു. അന്നം മോഷ്ടിച്ച മനുഷ്യൻ ഈച്ചയായി ജന്മം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
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FAQs
Violence against the especially vulnerable (women/children) is treated as gravely adharmic. Even comparatively ‘small’ theft like stealing food is still moral harm, since food is life-support; the text assigns a fitting consequence—existence as a fly, living by nuisance and scraps.
Dharma-anuśāsana and karmaphala listing—didactic content supporting social ethics.
Stealing food symbolizes taking prāṇa-support from others; the ‘fly’ form reflects restless craving and impurity. Worm-birth reflects extreme constriction and decay—an outward mirror of inner moral decomposition.