Shloka 44
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
यमस्य भवने दिव्ये ब्रहलोकसमे गुणै: । कर्मभिनियतैर्बद्धो जन्तुर्दु:खान्युपाश्चुते
yamasya bhavane divye brahmalokasame guṇaiḥ | karmabhiniyataire baddho jantur duḥkhāny upāśnute ||
Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Sa maningning na tahanan ni Yama—na banal at sa mga kagalingan nito’y maihahambing sa Brahmaloka—gayunman, ang nilalang na nakagapos sa pamimilit ng sarili niyang mga gawa ay dumaranas ng mga pagdurusa.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a splendid or divine realm, one cannot escape the binding force of one’s own karma; actions determine experience, and wrongdoing yields suffering regardless of external grandeur.
Yudhiṣṭhira reflects on the moral order governing the afterlife: Yama’s realm may be magnificent like Brahmaloka, but beings who arrive there bound by their deeds still undergo painful consequences.