Shloka 79
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
पिपीलिकस्तु मासांस्त्रीन् कीट: स्यान्मासमेव तु । एतानासाद्य संसारान् कृमियोनौ प्रजायते
pipīlikas tu māsāṁs trīn kīṭaḥ syān māsam eva tu | etān āsādya saṁsārān kṛmiyonau prajāyate ||
Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Pagkaraan, nagiging langgam siya sa loob ng tatlong buwan, at nagiging uod sa loob lamang ng isang buwan. Matapos daanan ang mga ikot ng saṁsāra na ito, muli siyang isinisilang sa sinapupunan ng mga uod.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
That saṁsāra operates through moral causality: one’s deeds can lead to degraded, repetitive births, so ethical living is urged to avoid falling into low and painful forms of existence.
Yudhiṣṭhira is describing a sequence of low births (ant and worm) and the recurrence of worm-birth after cycling through such states, as part of a broader discussion on the consequences of actions and the mechanics of rebirth.