Shloka 31
चत्वारोऽाश्रमाः — ब्रह्मचर्यादि मोक्षाश्रमपर्यन्तम्
The Four Āśramas as a graded path to mokṣa
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो दत्त्वा यश् चरते मुनिः न तस्य सर्वभूतेभ्यो भयम् उत्पद्यते क्वचित्
abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dattvā yaś carate muniḥ na tasya sarvabhūtebhyo bhayam utpadyate kvacit
सर्वभूतेभ्योऽभयं दत्त्वा यो मुनिः चरति, तस्य सर्वभूतेभ्यो भयम् कदाचिद् नोत्पद्यते।
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse presents abhaya as a core dharmic gift: when one ceases to threaten any being, reciprocal fear dissolves, reflecting the Purana’s moral-cosmic order.
Parāśara frames it as a law of conduct: a muni who bestows safety on all creatures does not become an object of fear or retaliation, because his life is aligned with dharma.
Though Vishnu is not named in the verse, the teaching assumes a universe governed by dharma under the Supreme; living without causing fear harmonizes one’s life with that sustaining sovereignty.