Shloka 89
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
वृषलो ब्राह्मणीं गत्वा कृमियोनौ प्रजायते । ततः सम्प्राप्प निधनं जायते सूकर: पुनः:
vṛṣalo brāhmaṇīṃ gatvā kṛmiyonau prajāyate | tataḥ samprāpya nidhanaṃ jāyate sūkaraḥ punaḥ ||
Disse Yudhiṣṭhira: “Se um homem da classe śūdra tem união sexual com uma mulher brāhmaṇa, então, após deixar o corpo, renasce primeiro no ventre dos vermes. Depois, morrendo de novo, renasce como porco.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a karmic warning: violating prescribed social/sexual boundaries (as framed in this dharma-discourse) is said to lead to morally and existentially degrading rebirths, emphasizing restraint and adherence to normative conduct.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional setting, Yudhiṣṭhira voices a rule-like statement about consequences: a śūdra man who approaches a brāhmaṇa woman is described as undergoing successive low rebirths—first as a worm, then as a pig—after death.