Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 153
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
तथैवाधर्मसंयुक्तो नरकं॑ चोपपद्यते । धर्मयुक्त प्राणी ही उत्तम स्वर्गमें जाता है और अधर्मपरायण जीव नरकमें पड़ता है
tathaivādharmasaṁyukto narakaṁ copapadyate | dharmayuktaḥ prāṇī hi uttamaṁ svargaṁ gacchati, adharmaparāyaṇaḥ jīvo narake patati ||
Sabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Gayon din, ang taong nakabigkis sa adharma ay mapapasa-impiyerno. Ang nilalang na kaayon ng dharma ay napupunta sa mas mataas na langit, ngunit ang buhay na nakatuon sa adharma ay nahuhulog sa impiyerno.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical alignment is consequential: living in accordance with dharma leads to higher heavenly attainment, while attachment to adharma results in descent to hell. The verse frames destiny as the moral outcome of one’s chosen conduct.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional setting, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a moral principle about the fruits of righteousness and unrighteousness, reinforcing the didactic theme that conduct (dharma/adharma) determines posthumous results.