Shloka 26
Karma, Non-Violence, Tīrtha & Gaṅgā Merit, Vaiṣṇava Protection, Śālagrāma Worship, and Ekādaśī as Deliverance
न वेदैर्न च दानैश्च न तपोभिर्न चाध्वरैः । कथंचित्स्वर्गतिं यांति पुरुषाः प्राणिहिंसकाः
na vedairna ca dānaiśca na tapobhirna cādhvaraiḥ | kathaṃcitsvargatiṃ yāṃti puruṣāḥ prāṇihiṃsakāḥ
Bukan dengan Veda, bukan dengan sedekah (dāna), bukan dengan tapa, dan bukan dengan upacara yajña; manusia yang menyakiti makhluk bernyawa tidak akan mencapai jalan ke svarga dengan cara apa pun.
Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within Svarga-khaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: वेदैर्न → वेदैः न; दानैश्च → दानैः च; तपोभिर्न → तपोभिः न; चाध्वरैः → च अध्वरैः; कथंचित्स्वर्गतिम् → कथंचित् स्वर्गतिम्; यांति (IAST) normalized to यान्ति.
FAQs
It teaches that ahiṃsā (non-violence) is foundational: harming living beings undermines spiritual merit, so other religious acts cannot compensate for cruelty.
No; it states that these practices do not lead to heaven for a prāṇihiṃsaka (one who harms beings). The point is that violence cancels the intended fruit of such merits.
Svarga is portrayed as a karmic result of dharmic conduct; violence generates heavy demerit, preventing the attainment of heavenly results even when other meritorious actions are performed.