Shloka 22

अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः

Tūlādhāra–Jājali: Faith, Non-harm, and Renunciation of Rivalry

Devanagari script

पाणिभ्यां चैव जग्राह तान्यश्रूणि जनेश्वर: । मानवानां हितार्थाय ययाचे पुनरेव ह,तब जनेश्वर ब्रह्माजीने मानवोंके हितके लिये अपने दोनों हाथोंमें मृत्युके आँसू ले लिये। फिर मृत्युने उनसे इस प्रकार प्रार्थना की

Transliteration

pāṇibhyāṃ caiva jagrāha tāny aśrūṇi janeśvaraḥ | mānavānāṃ hitārthāya yayāce punar eva ha ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: Der Herr der Geschöpfe (Prajāpati) nahm jene Tränen mit beiden Händen auf, zum Wohle der Menschheit. Da flehte Mṛtyu (der Tod) ihn abermals an—auf der Suche nach einem Weg, die Last des Tötens zu tragen, ohne Dharma und kosmische Ordnung zu verletzen.

Word by Word

पाणिभ्याम्with (his) two hands

चand

एवindeed/just

जग्राहtook/held

तानिthose

अश्रूणिtears

जन-ईश्वरःthe lord of people (king/creator)

मानवानाम्of humans

हित-अर्थायfor the sake of welfare

ययाचेbegged/requested

पुनःagain

एवindeed

हindeed/for emphasis

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Brahmā (as Janeśvara)

Mṛtyu (Death)

Mānavāḥ (humankind)

Aśru (tears)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even necessary functions like death and punishment must be integrated into dharma: governance should aim at the welfare of beings, and the moral burden of harm is acknowledged rather than denied.

What is happening in the narrative?

Brahmā, called the lord of creatures, receives the tears associated with Death, symbolically taking up and regulating the sorrow and burden tied to mortality; Death then petitions again, seeking guidance or relief in carrying out her role.