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Shloka 60

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

पुत्रस्य मातापितरौ यस्य रुष्टात्रुभावपि । गुर्वपध्यानत: सो5पि मृतो जायति गर्दभ:,जिस पुत्रके ऊपर माता और पिता दोनों ही रष्ट होते हैं, वह गुरुजनोंके अनिष्टचिन्तनके कारण मृत्युके बाद गदहा होता है

putrasya mātāpitarau yasya ruṣṭau dhruvabhāvau api | gurv-apadhyānataḥ so 'pi mṛto jāyati gardabhaḥ ||

Yudhiṣṭhira nói: Dẫu cha mẹ có giận dữ gay gắt với người con, thì vì sự nguyền rủa hay ý niệm ác của các bậc trưởng thượng đáng kính, sau khi chết người con ấy cũng tái sinh làm lừa. Đoạn này nhấn mạnh hậu quả nặng nề của việc chuốc lấy sự bất bình của cha mẹ và bậc bề trên, trở thành đối tượng của lời rủa sả hay ý niệm gây hại từ họ.

पुत्रस्यof the son
पुत्रस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
माताmother
माता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पितरौtwo fathers/parents (father; here with mother = parents)
पितरौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
रुष्टौangry (the two)
रुष्टौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरुष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अत्रुभावम्non-enmity, absence of hostility
अत्रुभावम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअत्रुभाव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
गुरुof the teacher/elder
गुरु:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अपध्यानात्from ill-wishing/hostile thought
अपध्यानात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअपध्यान
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
मृतःdead (having died)
मृतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमृत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जायतिis born/becomes
जायति:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Indicative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
गर्दभःa donkey
गर्दभः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगर्दभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
M
mother
F
father
S
son
G
guru/elders
D
donkey (gardabha)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that disrespecting or grievously offending one’s parents and venerable elders is a serious breach of dharma, and that becoming the target of their ill-wishing (apadhyāna) can lead to painful karmic consequences, symbolized here by rebirth as a donkey.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on righteous conduct, Yudhiṣṭhira voices a moral maxim linking familial and elder relationships to karmic outcomes: a son who incurs the settled anger of mother and father, along with elders’ hostile intent, is said to meet an ignoble rebirth.