Shloka 30
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
जीवज्जीवकतां याति रक्तवस्त्रापहृन्नरः ।
छुच्छुन्दरीः शुभान् गन्धान् वासो हृत्वा शशो भवेत् ॥
jīvajjīvakatāṃ yāti raktavastrāpahṛn naraḥ | chucchundarīḥ śubhān gandhān vāso hṛtvā śaśo bhavet
रक्तवस्त्रापहारी जीवरज्जीवकत्वं प्राप्नुयात्। सुगन्धद्रव्यवस्त्रापहारी चुच्छुन्दरीत्वं याति। वस्त्रापहारी तु शशत्वं प्राप्नोति॥
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FAQs
Stealing objects tied to pleasure and status (colorful garments, perfumes) is portrayed as a fall into small, fearful, survival-driven existences. The moral aim is mastery of desire and respect for others’ property.
Ethical/karma-vipāka material; not a pañcalakṣaṇa genealogy or cosmology passage.
Red cloth can signify passion/rajas; stealing it intensifies rajas and leads to restless birth. Perfume relates to subtle sensory craving; the “small creature” rebirth symbolizes consciousness narrowed to scent-tracking and anxiety.