Shloka 26
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
ततोअब्रवीत् पुनर्मुत्युर्भगवन्तं पितामहम् । न हरेयं प्रजा देव पुनश्चाहं प्रसादये
tato 'bravīt punar mṛtyur bhagavantaṃ pitāmaham | na hareyaṃ prajā deva punaś cāhaṃ prasādaye ||
すると死は、ふたたび尊き祖父（ブラフマー）に申し上げた。「主よ、わたしには生きとし生けるものを滅ぼすことができません。ゆえに、あらためて御慈悲と御許しを乞い願います。」
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even forces associated with destruction (like Death) are portrayed as operating under dharma and divine sanction, not as arbitrary violence; the preservation of creatures and the regulation of dissolution must align with cosmic order and compassionate governance.
Personified Death approaches Brahmā (the Grandfather) and states an inability or unwillingness to destroy living beings, requesting Brahmā’s grace/permission—indicating that the function of death is subject to higher ordinance and moral restraint.