Shloka 91
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
श्वा भूत्वा कृतकर्मासौ जायते मानुषस्तत: । तत्रापत्यं समुत्पाद्य मृतो जायति मूषिक:
śvā bhūtvā kṛtakarmāsau jāyate mānuṣas tataḥ | tatrāpatyaṃ samutpādya mṛto jāyati mūṣikaḥ ||
Tendo-se tornado cão, esse ser esgota a fruição de seus atos já praticados e então nasce como humano. Mesmo no nascimento humano, gera apenas um único filho e, morrendo em seguida, renasce como rato para sofrer o restante do fruto de seu pecado.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the doctrine of karmic fruition across rebirths: a being may pass through animal and human births, experiencing and exhausting portions of past sinful results until the remaining residue is also undergone.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes a sequence of transmigrations: after living as a dog and finishing that portion of karmic consequence, the being is reborn human, begets one child, dies, and then takes birth as a mouse to experience the remaining sinful result.