Shloka 128

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

Devanagari script

असंवासा: प्रजायन्ते म्लेच्छाश्वापि न संशय: । नरा: पापसमाचारा लोभमोहसमन्विता:

Transliteration

asaṁvāsāḥ prajāyante mlecchāś cāpi na saṁśayaḥ | narāḥ pāpasamācārā lobhamohasamanvitāḥ ||

Translation

ଲୋଭ ଓ ମୋହରେ ଆବୃତ ପାପାଚାରୀ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ଆଚରଣରୁ ଏମିତି ପ୍ରଜା ଜନ୍ମେ, ଯେମାନଙ୍କର ନ ସ୍ଥିର ବାସ, ନ ଯଥୋଚିତ ସାମାଜିକ ଆଶ୍ରୟ ଥାଏ; ସେମାନେ ମ୍ଲେଚ୍ଛଭାବକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି—ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• असंवासाः: those without cohabitation/association; outcasts
• असंवासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असंवास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रजायन्ते: are born / come into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-जन्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• म्लेच्छाः: barbarians; mlecchas
• म्लेच्छाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पापसमाचाराः: of sinful conduct
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-समाचार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लोभमोहसमन्विताः: endowed with greed and delusion
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोभ-मोह-समन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sinful conduct driven by greed (lobha) and delusion (moha) leads to social and moral degradation; such people lose stable belonging and fall outside the disciplined dharmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking in a didactic context, describing the consequences of immoral behavior: it produces unsettled, degraded modes of life and a fall from dharmic social norms.