Shloka 107

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

Devanagari script

वर्णान्‌ हत्वा तु पुरुषो मृतो जायति बर्लिण:

Transliteration

varṇān hatvā tu puruṣo mṛto jāyati barliṇaḥ

Translation

یُدھِشٹھِر نے کہا— جو شخص ورنوں (سماجی طبقات) کو قتل کرے، وہ مرنے کے بعد ‘برلِṇ’ کے روپ میں دوبارہ جنم لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• वर्णान्: castes/varṇas
• वर्णान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Prior action (having done)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृतः: dead
• मृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• जायति: is born/arises
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: लट् (present), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

• बर्लिणः: Barliṇa (proper name/epithet; reading uncertain)
• बर्लिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्लिण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• varṇa (social orders)