Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 52
Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption
कीड़ेकी योनिसे छूटनेपर वह गदहेका जन्म पाता है। पाँच वर्षतक गदहा रहकर पाँच वर्ष सूअर, पाँच वर्ष मुर्गा, पाँच वर्ष सियार और एक वर्ष कुत्ता होता है। उसके बाद वह मनुष्ययोनिमें उत्पन्न होता है ।।
upādhyāyasya yaḥ pāpaṃ śiṣyaḥ kuryād abuddhimān | sa jīva iha saṃsārāṃs trīn āpnoti na saṃśayaḥ ||
坚战（Yudhiṣṭhira）说道：“愚昧的弟子若以罪业冒犯师长，必定在此世经历三种卑下的再生——毫无疑问。经文阐明：此等过失使灵魂堕入种种卑贱可怖的生存状态（转生为诸多禽兽及其他骇人的境遇），唯有受尽其报，方能复得人身；由此彰显违犯师徒之伦的伦理重罪，以及业行必然结报的法则。”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Offending one’s teacher is presented as a grave ethical violation; by karma it leads to degrading consequences across successive births, emphasizing reverence, restraint, and responsibility within the guru–disciple relationship.
Yudhiṣṭhira states a doctrinal warning: a foolish student who wrongs his teacher inevitably undergoes three low states of existence (saṃsāra), illustrating karmic retribution before eventual return to human birth.