Shloka 56
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
यस्तु शुक्लाभिजातीय: प्राणिघातविवर्जक: । निक्षिप्तशस्त्रो निर्दण्डो न हिंसति कदाचन,इसके विपरीत जो शुद्ध कुलमें उत्पन्न और जीवहिंसासे अलग रहनेवाला है, जिसने शस्त्र और दण्डका परित्याग कर दिया है, जिसके द्वारा कभी किसीकी हिंसा नहीं होती, जो न मारता है, न मारनेकी आज्ञा देता है और न मारनेवालेका अनुमोदन ही करता है। जिसके मनमें सब प्राणियोंके प्रति स्नेह बना रहता है तथा जो अपने ही समान दूसरोंपर भी दयादृष्टि रखता है। देवि! ऐसा श्रेष्ठ पुरुष देवत्वको प्राप्त होता है और देवलोकमें प्रसन्नतापूर्वक स्वतः उपलब्ध हुए सुखद भोगोंका अनुभव करता है
yastu śuklābhijātīyaḥ prāṇighātavivarjakaḥ | nikṣiptaśastro nirdaṇḍo na hiṃsati kadācana ||
మహాదేవుడు పలికెను—శుద్ధ వంశంలో జన్మించి, ప్రాణిహింసను వర్జించి, ఆయుధాలను విడిచి, దండాన్ని పరిత్యజించినవాడు—ఎప్పుడూ హింస చేయడు.
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.