Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 94

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

Devanagari script

एताश्षान्याश्च बद्धी क्ष यमस्य विषयं गत: । यातनाः: प्राप्य तत्रोग्रास्ततो वध्यति भारत

Transliteration

etāś cānyāś ca baddhī kṣa yamasya viṣayaṃ gataḥ | yātanāḥ prāpya tatrogrās tato vadhyati bhārata ||

Translation

由提施提罗说道：“以这些及其他方式捆缚之后，人被押往阎摩之境。在那里，先受猛烈的折磨，继而被处死——噢，婆罗多啊。”

Word by Word

• एताः: these
• एताः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अन्याः: other
• अन्याः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बुद्ध्वा: having understood/knowing
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• यमस्य: of Yama
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विषयम्: domain/region
• विषयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: gone (having gone)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यातनाः: torments/punishments
• यातनाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्राप्य: having obtained/experiencing
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• उग्राः: fierce/terrible
• उग्राः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• वध्यति: he kills/strikes down
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: Lat (present), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Yama
• Bhārata