Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 75
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
परदाराभिमर्श तु कृत्वा जायति वै वृकः । श्वा शृुगालस्ततो गृध्रो व्याल: कड़को बकस्तथा,परस्त्रीगमनका पाप करके मनुष्य क्रमशः भेड़िया, कुत्ता, सियार, गीध, साँप, कंक और बगुला होता है
paradārābhimarśaṁ tu kṛtvā jāyati vai vṛkaḥ | śvā śṛgālas tato gṛdhro vyālaḥ kaṅko bakas tathā ||
ਪਰ-ਇਸਤ੍ਰੀਗਮਨ ਦਾ ਪਾਪ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਕ੍ਰਮਵਾਰ ਭੇੜੀਆ, ਕੁੱਤਾ, ਸਿਆਲ, ਗਿਦੜ (ਗਿਧ), ਸੱਪ, ਕੰਕ ਪੰਛੀ ਅਤੇ ਬਗਲਾ ਬਣ ਕੇ ਜੰਮਦਾ ਹੈ।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Adultery—approaching or violating another man’s wife—is presented as a serious adharma that leads to degrading karmic results, symbolized by successive rebirths in lower, predatory or impure animal forms.
Within the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, Yudhiṣṭhira states a moral consequence: the adulterer is said to be reborn as various animals (wolf, dog, jackal, vulture, serpent, heron, crane), underscoring the gravity of the offense.