Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सर्वभूतेषु यः सम्यग्‌ ददात्यभयदक्षिणाम्‌ । हिंसादोषविमुक्तात्मा स वै धर्मेण युज्यते,जो हिंसादोषसे मुक्त होकर सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंको अभयदान कर देता है, उसीको धर्मका फल प्राप्त होता है

Transliteration

sarvabhūteṣu yaḥ samyag dadāty abhayadakṣiṇām | hiṁsādoṣavimuktātmā sa vai dharmeṇa yujyate ||

Translation

Maheshvara bersabda: “Sesiapa yang dengan cara yang benar menganugerahkan ‘derma tanpa ketakutan’ kepada semua makhluk—dengan batin yang bebas daripada cela kekerasan—dialah yang benar-benar bersatu dengan dharma dan memperoleh buahnya.”

Word by Word

सर्वभूतेषुamong/in all beings

यःwho

सम्यक्properly, rightly

ददातिgives

अभयदक्षिणाम्the gift/fee of fearlessness (assurance of safety)

हिंसादोषविमुक्तात्माone whose self is freed from the fault of violence

सःhe

वैindeed

धर्मेणby/through dharma (righteousness)

युज्यतेis joined/attains (is endowed)

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī-Maheśvara (Śiva)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the highest and most authentic charity is to give fearlessness to all beings—i.e., to refrain from harming and to actively assure safety. When one is inwardly free from the taint of violence, one becomes truly aligned with Dharma and gains its moral and spiritual fruit.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Śrī Maheśvara speaks a doctrinal statement on righteous conduct, defining a key mark of dharmic life: universal non-harm and the bestowal of security to living beings.