Shloka 10
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
एतदेवमवश्यं हि भविता नैतदन्यथा । क्रियतामनवद्याड्रि यथोक्त मद्गबब्योडउनघे
etad evam avaśyaṃ hi bhavitā naitad anyathā | kriyatām anavadyāṅgi yathoktaṃ madgabhabyōḍunaghe ||
ഇത് നിർബന്ധമായും ഇങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാകും; ഇതിന് മറ്റൊരു വഴിയില്ല. നിർദോഷാംഗിയായ ദേവീ! ഞാൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നെ ചെയ്യുക; എന്റെ വചനം പാലിച്ചതാൽ നിനക്കു പാപം ബാധിക്കുകയില്ല।
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes inevitability (avaśyam) and the ethical reassurance that obedience to a rightful instruction—framed as dharmic—does not generate sin. It links moral responsibility to acting according to proper guidance when outcomes are presented as unavoidable.
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha) addresses a woman respectfully as “sinless” and “faultless-limbed,” asserting that a certain outcome is fixed and cannot change, and urges her to carry out his stated instruction, assuring her that doing so will not incur pāpa (sin).