Shloka 96

कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः

Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time

Devanagari script

त्यक्तहिंसासमाचारास्ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन: । जो सब प्राणियोंपर दया करनेवाले, सब जीवोंके विश्वासपात्र तथा हिंसामय आचरणोंको त्याग देनेवाले हैं, वे मनुष्य स्वर्गमें जाते हैं

Transliteration

tyaktahiṃsāsamācārās te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ |

Translation

قال مهاديڤا: إن الذين تركوا السلوك العنيف وسبل إيذاء الآخرين يصيرون أهلًا للصعود إلى السماء. فالرحمة بجميع الكائنات، والحياة الخالية من الإضرار، تُقام هنا طريقًا أخلاقيًا يؤدي إلى العوالم العليا.

Word by Word

• त्यक्तहिंसासमाचाराः: those whose violent conduct has been abandoned
• त्यक्तहिंसासमाचाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त-हिंसा-समाचार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वर्गगामिनः: heaven-going, destined for heaven
• स्वर्गगामिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग-गामिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmahēśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Renouncing violence (hiṃsā) in one’s conduct is presented as a decisive dharmic virtue; those who live without harming beings are said to become worthy of attaining svarga.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Śrīmahēśvara speaks a concise ethical maxim, praising non-violent conduct and stating its फल (result): ascent to heaven.