Shloka 13
नाहीयत तदा प्राण: प्राणिनां न तदन््यथा
nāhīyata tadā prāṇaḥ prāṇināṁ na tad anyathā
Then the life-breath of living beings did not depart; it could not be otherwise. Nārada underscores an inescapable principle: when a higher ordinance or destined protection prevails, death does not occur, and events unfold according to that overriding order rather than ordinary expectation.
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.