Shloka 33
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
तामब्रवीत् तदा देवी मृत्यो संहर मानवान् । अधर्मस्ते न भविता तथा ध्यास्याम्यहं शुभे
tām abravīt tadā devī mṛtyo saṁhara mānavān | adharmas te na bhavitā tathā dhyāsyāmy ahaṁ śubhe ||
Ketika itu Brahmā berkata kepada sang dewi: “Wahai Maut, laksanakanlah pengambilan nyawa manusia. Tiada adharma akan melekat padamu kerana hal ini. Wahai yang membawa keberkatan, aku akan terus memandangmu dengan renungan yang baik dan memberi sokongan.”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
When an action is performed as an ordained cosmic duty (niyoga) rather than from personal malice, the agent is not stained by adharma; Death functions as a necessary regulator of the world-order.
Brahmā addresses the goddess Mṛtyu and commands her to ‘withdraw’ human beings (i.e., cause death), assuring her that no sin will attach to her and that he will remain favorably disposed toward her.