Shloka 87
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
ज्येष्ठं पितृसमं चापि भ्रातरं यो5वमन्यते । सो5पि मृत्युमुपागम्य क्रौज्चयोनौ प्रजायते,बड़ा भाई पिताके समान आदरणीय है, जो उसका अपमान करता है, उसे मृत्युके बाद क्रौंच पक्षीकी योनिमें जन्म लेना पड़ता है
jyeṣṭhaṁ pitṛ-samaṁ cāpi bhrātaraṁ yo ’vamanyate | so ’pi mṛtyum upāgamya krauñca-yonau prajāyate ||
ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရက မိန့်တော်မူသည်– အစ်ကိုအကြီးဆုံးသည် ဖခင်ကဲ့သို့ပင် ရိုသေထိုက်သူ ဖြစ်၏။ ထိုအစ်ကိုကို မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုသူသည် သေပြီးနောက် ကရောဉ္စ (ကြိုးငှက်/ကြာငှက်) အမျိုးအစား၌ ပြန်လည်မွေးဖွားရ၏။
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the eldest brother deserves reverence comparable to a father; contempt toward him is a serious adharma that brings painful karmic consequence, expressed here as a lower rebirth (krauñca-yoni).
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused discourse, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a rule of conduct about household and kinship dharma, warning that disrespect toward one’s elder brother leads to adverse post-mortem destiny.