Shloka 6
अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः
Tūlādhāra–Jājali: Faith, Non-harm, and Renunciation of Rivalry
स्थाणुरुवाच संहारार्थ प्रसीदस्व मा क्रुधो विबुधेश्वर । मा प्रजा: स्थावरं चैव जड़म॑ च व्यनीनशत्
Sthāṇur uvāca: saṃhārārthaṃ prasīdasva mā krudho vibudheśvara | mā prajāḥ sthāvaraṃ caiva jaḍaṃ ca vyāninaśat ||
Sthāṇu berkata: “Wahai Penguasa para dewa, berkenanlah; jangan menyerah kepada murka walaupun demi pembubaran. Berkenanlah terhadap makhluk hidup—jangan sampai semua makhluk, yang bergerak dan yang tidak bergerak, bahkan yang tidak berakal, musnah sama sekali.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when destruction seems justified, righteous governance of power requires restraint: anger must be checked and compassion extended to all beings, so that punishment or dissolution does not become total, indiscriminate annihilation.
A divine figure addressed as Vibudheśvara is being urged to calm down. Sthāṇu petitions him to abandon wrath intended for ‘saṃhāra’ (destruction), warning that unchecked anger could wipe out all existence—movable and immovable, even the inert.