Shloka 56
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
यस्तु शुक्लाभिजातीय: प्राणिघातविवर्जक: । निक्षिप्तशस्त्रो निर्दण्डो न हिंसति कदाचन
yastu śuklābhijātīyaḥ prāṇighātavivarjakaḥ | nikṣiptaśastro nirdaṇḍo na hiṃsati kadācana ||
Mahādeva bersabda: “Adapun lelaki yang lahir daripada keturunan yang suci dan menjauhi pembunuhan makhluk bernyawa—yang telah meletakkan senjata dan meninggalkan hukuman—tidak pernah melakukan kekerasan pada bila-bila masa.” Dalam konteks dharma, ini memuji cita ahiṃsā: seseorang yang tidak mencederakan, tidak menyuruh orang lain mencederakan, dan tidak merestui perbuatan mencederakan; yang memelihara kasih sayang terhadap segala makhluk, dipuji sebagai mencapai martabat ketuhanan dan menikmati kenikmatan yang datang dengan sendirinya di alam para dewa.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse upholds ahiṃsā as a supreme ethical discipline: the best person is one who renounces weapons and coercive punishment and never harms living beings. In the broader context, this includes not only refraining from direct killing but also not instigating or approving violence, cultivating universal friendliness and compassion, and thereby attaining exalted spiritual merit.
Śrī Mahēśvara is instructing Devī, contrasting types of conduct and their results. Here he describes the non-violent, self-restrained person—one who has set aside weapons and punitive force—and indicates that such a person is praised and, in the surrounding passage, is said to attain divine/heavenly reward.