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Shloka 73

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

ततः प्रेत्य महाराज मृतो जायति सूकर: । सूकरो जातमात्रस्तु रोगेण प्रियते नूप,राजन! फिर वह चूहा मृत्युके पश्चात्‌ सूअर होता है। नरेश्वर! वह सूअर जन्म लेते ही रोगसे मर जाता है

tataḥ pretya mahārāja mṛto jāyati sūkaraḥ | sūkaro jātamātras tu rogeṇa mriyate nṛpa rājan |

اے راجن! پھر وہ چوہا مرنے کے بعد سور بن کر پیدا ہوتا ہے۔ اے نریشور! وہ سور پیدا ہوتے ہی بیماری سے مر جاتا ہے۔

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
प्रेत्यhaving died; after death
प्रेत्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-इ (इ धातु)
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय)
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मृतःdead (one)
मृतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमृत (√मृ)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जायतिis born
जायति:
TypeVerb
Root√जन्
FormPresent tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
सूकरःa boar/pig
सूकरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसूकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सूकरःthe boar
सूकरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसूकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जातमात्रःjust born; newly born
जातमात्रः:
TypeAdjective
Rootजातमात्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut, indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
रोगेणby/through disease
रोगेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरोग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
म्रियतेdies
म्रियते:
TypeVerb
Root√मृ
FormPresent tense (लट्), Atmanepada, 3rd person, Singular
नृपO king
नृप:
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
S
sūkara (pig/boar)
N
nṛpa/rājan (king, addressee)

Educational Q&A

Actions bear consequences across lives: unethical or degrading conduct can result in a lower rebirth and immediate suffering, urging adherence to dharma and moral restraint.

A prior being (referred to as 'he') dies and, after death, is reborn as a pig; that pig then dies immediately due to disease, serving as an illustrative example within a moral-discourse context.