Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 128
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
असंवासा: प्रजायन्ते म्लेच्छाश्वापि न संशय: । नरा: पापसमाचारा लोभमोहसमन्विता:
asaṁvāsāḥ prajāyante mlecchāś cāpi na saṁśayaḥ | narāḥ pāpasamācārā lobhamohasamanvitāḥ ||
Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Mula sa gayong asal ay sumisibol ang mga taong walang wastong pagkakabilang sa lipunan at walang matatag na paninirahan; nagiging mleccha rin sila—walang alinlangan. Ang mga taong ang gawi ay makasalanan at itinutulak ng kasakiman at pagkalito ay lumilihis sa disiplinadong kaayusan ng buhay at bumabagsak sa abang kalagayan.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sinful conduct driven by greed (lobha) and delusion (moha) leads to social and moral degradation; such people lose stable belonging and fall outside the disciplined dharmic order.
Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking in a didactic context, describing the consequences of immoral behavior: it produces unsettled, degraded modes of life and a fall from dharmic social norms.