Shloka 11
Jarāsandha-nipātana, rāja-mokṣa, and rājasūya-sāhāyya-prārthanā
Jarāsandha’s fall, liberation of kings, and request for support
मनुष्याणां समालम्भो न च दृष्ट: कदाचन । स कथं मानुषै्देवं यट्टमिच्छसि शंकरम्,किसी देवताकी पूजाके लिये मनुष्योंका वध कभी नहीं देखा गया। फिर तुम कल्याणकारी देवता भगवान् शिवकी पूजा मनुष्योंकी हिंसाद्वारा कैसे करना चाहते हो?
manuṣyāṇāṃ samālambho na ca dṛṣṭaḥ kadācana | sa kathaṃ mānuṣair devaṃ yaṣṭum icchasi śaṅkaram ||
«On n’a jamais vu, à aucune époque, l’abattage d’êtres humains pour les besoins du culte. Comment donc veux-tu adorer Śaṅkara (Śiva), le dieu bienfaisant, par la violence faite aux hommes ?»
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worship must align with dharma: devotion cannot be justified through adharma. Kṛṣṇa rejects the idea that pleasing a benevolent deity like Śiva could require or permit human killing, emphasizing ethical restraint (ahiṃsā) and the impropriety of human sacrifice.
Kṛṣṇa addresses someone proposing or intending a form of worship involving human killing. He counters by appealing to precedent and moral logic: such a practice is not sanctioned or observed, and therefore it is incoherent to claim it as a means to worship Śaṅkara.