Shloka 11
Jarāsandha-nipātana, rāja-mokṣa, and rājasūya-sāhāyya-prārthanā
Jarāsandha’s fall, liberation of kings, and request for support
मनुष्याणां समालम्भो न च दृष्ट: कदाचन । स कथं मानुषै्देवं यट्टमिच्छसि शंकरम्
manuṣyāṇāṃ samālambho na ca dṛṣṭaḥ kadācana | sa kathaṃ mānuṣair devaṃ yaṣṭum icchasi śaṅkaram ||
దేవారాధనార్థం మనుష్యవధం ఎప్పుడూ చూడబడలేదు. మరి నీవు కల్యాణకరుడైన దేవుడు శంకరుని మనుష్యహింసతో ఎలా పూజించదలచితివి?
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worship must align with dharma: devotion cannot be justified through adharma. Kṛṣṇa rejects the idea that pleasing a benevolent deity like Śiva could require or permit human killing, emphasizing ethical restraint (ahiṃsā) and the impropriety of human sacrifice.
Kṛṣṇa addresses someone proposing or intending a form of worship involving human killing. He counters by appealing to precedent and moral logic: such a practice is not sanctioned or observed, and therefore it is incoherent to claim it as a means to worship Śaṅkara.