Shloka 36
Adhyaya 19 — Kartavirya Arjuna at Dattatreya’s Ashram: Boons, Sovereignty, and Vaishnava Praise
अधर्मस्य विनाशाय धर्माचारार्थमेव च ।
अनादिनिधनो देवः करोति स्थितिपालनम् ॥
adharmasya vināśāya dharmācārārtham eva ca | anādinidhano devaḥ karoti sthiti-pālanam ||
Para destruir o adharma e, de fato, promover a prática do dharma, o Deus sem começo e sem fim realiza a proteção da estabilidade do mundo.
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FAQs
Cosmic order is not morally neutral: preservation is explicitly tied to the defeat of adharma and the encouragement of right conduct, implying that ethics is woven into the structure of reality.
Relates conceptually to sarga/pratisarga/sthiti doctrine (triad of creation–maintenance–dissolution), here emphasizing sthiti (preservation) as a divine function.
‘Sthiti’ can be read inwardly: the divine preserves the seeker’s inner order by dissolving tendencies of adharma and establishing stable dharmic habits (saṃskāra-śuddhi).