Shloka 96
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
कृमिर्भवति वर्षाणि दश पठ्च च भारत । ततो गर्भ समासाद्य तत्रैव प्रियते शिशु:,भारत! पंद्रह वर्षोतक वह कीड़ेकी योनिमें रहता है। फिर गर्भमें आकर वहीं गर्भस्थ शिशुकी दशामें ही मर जाता है
kṛmir bhavati varṣāṇi daśa pañca ca bhārata | tato garbhaṃ samāsādya tatraiva mriyate śiśuḥ ||
Sinabi ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “O Bhārata, ang isa’y nagiging uod sa loob ng sampu at limang taon. Pagkaraan, pagpasok sa sinapupunan, doon din siya namamatay habang nasa kalagayan pa ng sanggol na hindi pa isinisilang.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions have long-reaching karmic consequences: grave wrongdoing can lead to prolonged, painful, and degrading rebirths, even ending in death before a full human life begins—therefore one should adhere to dharma and self-restraint.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes a sequence of unfortunate rebirths—first as a worm for fifteen years, then entry into a womb, and death while still an unborn child—illustrating the severity of karmic retribution discussed in this section of Anuśāsana Parva.