Shloka 4
जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः
Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga
भवन्ति चात्र श्लोका:-- अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो दत्त्वा यश्चरते मुनि: । न तस्य सर्वभूतेभ्यो भयमुत्पद्यते क्वचित्,इस विषयमें ये श्लोक प्रसिद्ध हैं-- जो मुनि सब प्राणियोंको अभयदान देकर विचरता है, उसको सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंमें किसीसे भी कहीं भय नहीं प्राप्त होता है
bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ— abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dattvā yaś carate muniḥ | na tasya sarvabhūtebhyo bhayam utpadyate kvacit ||
Here, well-known verses are cited: the sage who moves through the world after granting fearlessness to all beings never, at any time, encounters fear from any being. The ethical point is that non-violence and the active assurance of safety create a reciprocal moral security: one who does not threaten life is not met with threat.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Granting fearlessness to all beings—i.e., living without causing harm and actively assuring safety—removes the causes of retaliation and hostility; therefore fear does not arise for such a person from any creature.
Bharadvaja introduces a commonly cited śloka to support his point: he appeals to traditional verse authority to state that the sage who practices universal non-threatening conduct becomes free from fear in relation to all beings.