Shloka 93
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
दण्डं समुद्गरं शूलमग्निकुम्भं च दारुणम् । असिपत्रवनं घोरवालुकं कूटशाल्मलीम्
daṇḍaṃ samudgaraṃ śūlam agnikumbhaṃ ca dāruṇam | asipatravanaṃ ghoravālukaṃ kūṭaśālmalīm ||
Disse Yudhiṣṭhira: “(Há) a vara, a maça, a lança e o terrível pote de fogo; e a floresta de folhas-espada, as areias aterradoras e a região da árvore śālmalī cheia de espinhos.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses stark images of weapons and tormenting terrains to stress that adharma leads to severe consequences; ethical conduct (dharma) is not merely ideal but safeguards one from the results of wrongdoing.
Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking and listing dreadful instruments and places associated with punishment (nāraka-like imagery), as part of a broader discussion on sin, retribution, and the moral order upheld by dharma.