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 disse: “Mas o homem de nascimento puro, que se abstém de matar seres vivos—que depôs as armas e renunciou ao castigo—jamais comete violência, em tempo algum.” No contexto ético, descreve-se o ideal de ahiṃsā: aquele que não fere, não manda ferir, nem aprova quem fere, e conserva benevolência afetuosa para com todas as criaturas, é louvado por alcançar condição divina e, no mundo dos deuses, fruir com alegria dos prazeres agradáveis que lhe advêm por si mesmos, legitimamente obtidos.
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.