Shloka 9
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
पितामह उवाच मृत्यो संकल्पिता मे त्वं प्रजासंहारहेतुना । गच्छ संहर सर्वस्त्विं प्रजा मा च विचारय
pitāmaha uvāca mṛtyo saṅkalpitā me tvaṃ prajāsaṃhārahetunā | gaccha saṃhara sarvāstv iṃ prajā mā ca vicāraya ||
The Grandsire said: “O Death, I have deliberately brought you into being for the very purpose of bringing about the dissolution of creatures. Go—destroy all beings. Do not hesitate or deliberate over it.”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames death and destruction as a necessary function within cosmic dharma: Mṛtyu is appointed as an instrument of saṃhāra (dissolution), and is instructed to act without personal hesitation, emphasizing duty aligned with the creator’s ordinance rather than individual sentiment.
Brahmā (addressed as Pitāmaha) speaks directly to the personified deity Death, stating that Death was intentionally brought forth to end living beings, and commands Death to proceed with the task of destroying all creatures without doubt or deliberation.