Shloka 13
युधिष्ठिरकृष्णसंवादः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Appeal and Kṛṣṇa’s Assurance
Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 59
नाहीयत तदा प्राण: प्राणिनां न तदन््यथा
nāhīyata tadā prāṇaḥ prāṇināṁ na tad anyathā
حينئذٍ لم يفارق نَفَسُ الحياة الكائناتِ الحيّة؛ ولم يكن يمكن أن يكون الأمر على غير ذلك. ويؤكد نارادا مبدأً لا مفرّ منه: إذا سادت شريعةٌ أعلى أو حمايةٌ مقدَّرة، فلا يقع الموت، وتنساق الأحداث وفق ذلك النظام الغالب لا وفق ما جرت به العادة.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
That life and death are not merely products of immediate violence or circumstance; when a superior ordinance—often understood as destiny or divine protection—operates, the life-breath does not depart, and the outcome cannot be otherwise.
Nārada comments on a moment when, despite conditions that would normally cause death, the beings involved do not lose their life-breath. The line functions as a narrative assurance that an overriding power or destined sequence is governing events.