Shloka 9
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
सञ्जायते महावक्त्रो मूषिको बभ्रुसन्निभः । परदाराभिमर्षात्तु वृको घोरोऽभिजायते ॥
sañjāyate mahāvaktro mūṣiko babhrusannibhaḥ / paradārābhimarṣāttu vṛko ghoro 'bhijāyate
เขาเกิดเป็นหนูปากกว้าง สีออกน้ำตาล แต่ด้วยบาปแห่งการล่วงละเมิดภรรยาผู้อื่น จึงเกิดใหม่เป็นหมาป่าที่น่าสะพรึงกลัว
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FAQs
The text grades harms: theft of crops leads to a scavenging/gnawing embodiment (mouse), while sexual violation of another’s spouse is portrayed as predatory violence (wolf).
Ancillary dharma teaching (karma-vipāka), not a core pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit.
Mouse and wolf are moral metaphors: secretive consumption versus open predation—two modes of adharma shaping the next ‘nature’ (svabhāva).