Shloka 94
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
एताश्षान्याश्च बद्धी क्ष यमस्य विषयं गत: । यातनाः: प्राप्य तत्रोग्रास्ततो वध्यति भारत
etāś cānyāś ca baddhī kṣa yamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ | yātanāḥ prāpya tatrogrās tato vadhyati bhārata ||
ان اور دیگر بہت سے طریقوں سے باندھ کر آدمی کو یم کے دائرۂ اختیار میں لے جایا جاتا ہے۔ وہاں سخت عذاب بھگت کر، اے بھارت، پھر اسے قتل کیا جاتا ہے۔
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions have moral consequences: wrongdoing leads to accountability under Yama’s jurisdiction, where the soul experiences proportionate suffering. The verse reinforces dharma by portraying cosmic justice as orderly and unavoidable.
Yudhiṣṭhira describes the fate of a wrongdoer after death: the person is bound and taken to Yama’s realm, made to endure severe torments, and then subjected to execution—illustrating the punitive sequence in the afterlife.