Shloka 49
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
प्राणातिपाते यो रौद्रो दण्डहस्तोद्यतः सदा । नित्यमुद्यतशस्त्रश्न हन्ति भूतगणान् नर:
prāṇātipāte yo raudro daṇḍahastodyataḥ sadā | nityam udyataśastraś ca hanti bhūtagāṇān naraḥ || evaṃbhūto naro devi nirayaṃ pratipadyate |
قال ماهيشفارا: «أيتها الإلهة، إنّ الرجل الذي يشتدّ في سفك الأرواح—يقف دائمًا مستعدًا والعصا في يده، رافعًا سلاحه على الدوام، ويواصل قتل جموع الكائنات الحيّة—فإنّ مثل هذا، يا ديفي، يهوي إلى الجحيم.»
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Deliberate, habitual violence—living in readiness to kill and repeatedly taking the lives of beings—is condemned as adharma and leads to severe karmic consequence, described here as falling into niraya (hell).
Śrīmaheśvara addresses Devī and characterizes a cruel, weapon-ready killer who harms living beings continually; he then states the resulting fate: such a person attains niraya.