Shloka 27
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
तामधर्मभयादू भीतां पुनरेव प्रयाचतीम् । तदाब्रवीद् देवदेवो निगृहोदं वचस्तत:,अधर्मके भयसे डरकर पुनः कृपाकी भीख माँगती हुई मृत्युको रोककर देवाधिदेव ब्रह्माने उससे यह बात कही--
tām adharmabhayād bhītāṃ punar eva prayācatīm | tadābravīd devadevo nigṛhya idaṃ vacas tataḥ ||
ครั้นมัจจุหวาดหวั่นด้วยความกลัวต่ออธรรม และยังวิงวอนขอความกรุณาอีกครั้ง เทวาธิเทพพรหมาจึงทรงยับยั้งนางไว้ แล้วตรัสถ้อยคำดังนี้
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even inevitable cosmic forces must operate within dharma. When an action risks becoming adharma, higher discernment and restraint are required; righteousness is presented as the governing principle over power.
A frightened petitioner again begs, fearing adharma. At that moment the supreme deity (identified in the given context as Brahmā) restrains Death and begins to address the situation, signaling a corrective intervention to preserve moral order.