Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, 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 ||
Yudhiṣṭhira nói: “Bị trói buộc theo những cách ấy và nhiều cách khác, một người bị giải vào cõi của Diêm Vương. Ở đó, sau khi chịu những cực hình dữ dội, hắn liền bị xử tử—hỡi Bhārata.”
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.