Shloka 89
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
वृषलो ब्राह्मणीं गत्वा कृमियोनौ प्रजायते । ततः सम्प्राप्प निधनं जायते सूकर: पुनः:
vṛṣalo brāhmaṇīṃ gatvā kṛmiyonau prajāyate | tataḥ samprāpya nidhanaṃ jāyate sūkaraḥ punaḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira nói: “Nếu một người đàn ông thuộc giai cấp śūdra giao hợp với một phụ nữ brāhmaṇa, thì sau khi lìa thân, trước hết sẽ tái sinh vào loài giun sán. Rồi lại chết, sẽ sinh làm heo.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a karmic warning: violating prescribed social/sexual boundaries (as framed in this dharma-discourse) is said to lead to morally and existentially degrading rebirths, emphasizing restraint and adherence to normative conduct.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional setting, Yudhiṣṭhira voices a rule-like statement about consequences: a śūdra man who approaches a brāhmaṇa woman is described as undergoing successive low rebirths—first as a worm, then as a pig—after death.