Shloka 40
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
अधर्मेण समायुक्तो यमस्य विषयं गत: । महद् दुःखं समासाद्य तिर्यग्योनौ प्रजायते,अधर्मपरायण मनुष्य यमलोकमें जाता है और वहाँ महान् दुःख भोगकर यहाँ पशु- पक्षियोंकी योनिमें जन्म लेता है
adharmeṇa samāyukto yamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ | mahad duḥkhaṃ samāsādya tiryagyonau prajāyate ||
由提施提罗说道：“与非法（Adharma）相应之人，将入阎摩（Yama）之境。于彼处受大苦后，复生于此，堕入兽胎或鸟胎。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Adharma leads to painful consequences: the wrongdoer falls under Yama’s judgment, suffers in Yama’s realm, and then takes a lower rebirth (tiryag-yoni). The verse stresses moral causality—conduct shapes post-mortem experience and future birth.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks about the fate of those devoted to adharma, describing a sequence of punishment in Yama’s domain followed by rebirth among animals/birds.