Shloka 28
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
दुकूले शार्ङ्गकः पापो हृते चैवांशुके शुकः ।
तथैवाजाविकं हृत्वा वस्त्रं क्षौमं च जायते ॥
dukūle śārṅgakaḥ pāpo hṛte caivāṃśuke śukaḥ | tathaivājāvikaṃ hṛtvā vastraṃ kṣaumaṃ ca jāyate
दुकूलहरः पापात्मा शार्ङ्गकत्वं प्राप्नोति; अंशुकहरः शुकयोनौ जायते। तथा आजाविकहरः क्षौमसम्बन्धं प्राप्नोति।
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FAQs
The passage discourages acquisitiveness for luxury goods and personal adornment. It portrays theft as a cause of losing human status and entering instinctive, imitative, or dependent modes of life.
Karma-vipāka/ācāra instruction; not a pañcalakṣaṇa section.
Bird-forms often symbolize restlessness and sensory pursuit. The textile mapping suggests karmic ‘entanglement’ in material textures—consciousness caught in surfaces (appearance) rather than substance (dharma).