Shloka 2
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
त्वया सृष्टा कथं नारी मादृशी वदतां वर । रौद्रकर्माभिजायेत सर्वप्राणिभयड्करी
tvayā sṛṣṭā kathaṁ nārī mādṛśī vadatāṁ vara | raudrakarmābhijāyeta sarvaprāṇibhayaṅkarī ||
She said: “O Prajāpati, best of speakers! If you intended me to perform harsh and cruel deeds, why did you create a woman of gentle disposition like me? How could a woman such as I become one whose actions are fierce—one who brings fear to all living beings?”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse raises an ethical tension between one’s innate disposition (gentleness) and imposed or expected conduct (cruel action), questioning whether dharma can demand actions that contradict one’s nature and the moral cost of becoming a source of fear to living beings.
Nārada addresses Prajāpati, challenging the logic of her creation: if she is meant to carry out fierce, fear-inducing deeds, why was she created as a gentle-hearted woman, implying a protest against being assigned a cruel role.