Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 115 Shloka 100 - Mahabharata | Punjabi | Vedapath

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Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 100

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

Devanagari script

फल वा मूलकं हृत्वा अपूपं वा पिपीलिका: । चोरयित्वा च निष्पावं जायते हलगोलक:

Transliteration

phalaṁ vā mūlakaṁ hṛtvā apūpaṁ vā pipīlikāḥ | corayitvā ca niṣpāvaṁ jāyate halagolakaḥ ||

Translation

ਫਲ, ਮੂਲਕ (ਮੂਲੀ) ਜਾਂ ਅਪੂਪ (ਪੂਆ/ਮਿਠਾਈ) ਚੁਰਾਉਣ ਨਾਲ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਪਿਪੀਲਿਕਾ—ਚੀਂਟੀ—ਵਜੋਂ ਜਨਮ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਤੇ ਨਿਸ਼ਪਾਵ (ਇੱਕ ਕਿਸਮ ਦੀ ਦਾਲ/ਬੀਨ) ਚੁਰਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਹਲਗੋਲਕ ਨਾਮ ਦੇ ਕੀੜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਜਨਮ ਧਾਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

फलम्fruit

वाor

मूलकम्a root/vegetable (radish etc.)

हृत्वाhaving stolen/taken away

अपूपम्a cake (fried cake)

वाor

पिपीलिकाःants

चोरयित्वाhaving stolen (having caused to be stolen)

चand

निष्पावम्a kind of pulse/bean (niṣpāva)

जायतेis born / becomes

हल-गोलकःa creature called halagolaka

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

fruit (phala)

radish/root-vegetable (mūlaka)

cake (apūpa)

ant (pipīlikā)

pulse/bean (niṣpāva)

halagolaka (a worm/insect)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even seemingly minor theft violates dharma and carries karmic consequences; the text warns that stealing small items can lead to degrading rebirths, reinforcing the ethical principle of asteya (non-stealing).

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic exchange within the Anuśāsana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira states specific karmic results for stealing particular foods, using vivid examples (rebirth as an ant or as a halagolaka creature) to emphasize moral accountability.