Shloka 35
Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)
अकृशो वायुभग्नाड्: शकुनिर्विकृतस्तथा । चतुष्पाद् बहुरूपश्च पुनर्भवति बालिश:
akṛśo vāyubhagnāṅgaḥ śakunir vikṛtas tathā | catuṣpād bahurūpaś ca punar bhavati bāliśaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Sa paulit-ulit na kapanganakan, ang tao’y maaaring magpakita sa sari-saring nabagong kalagayan—minsan payat, minsan wasak ang katawan dahil sa karamdaman ng hangin (vāta), minsan ibon, minsan may anyong kapansanan. Muli, maaari siyang maging hayop na apat ang paa, o isang nag-iiba-iba ng anyo, o maging isang mangmang na hangal.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the results of karma can manifest as varied and even diminished embodiments—illness, deformity, animal birth, or foolishness—highlighting the ethical urgency of right conduct and right understanding.
Bhīṣma is instructing about the workings of karma and saṃsāra, describing how a being may repeatedly take different bodily forms and conditions across births, including human, animal, and impaired states.