Shloka 60
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
एष दीर्घायुषां मार्ग: सुवृत्तानां सुकर्मिणाम् । प्राणिहिंसाविमोक्षेण ब्रह्मणा समुदीरित:
eṣa dīrghāyuṣāṁ mārgaḥ suvṛttānāṁ sukarmiṇām | prāṇihiṁsāvimokṣeṇa brahmaṇā samudīritaḥ ||
Ito ang landas ng mga mahahaba ang buhay—ng mga marangal ang asal at matuwid ang gawa. Si Brahmā mismo ang nagpahayag ng daang ito: natatamo ito sa paglaya mula sa pananakit sa mga nilalang, sa pagtalikod sa karahasan laban sa lahat ng may buhay.
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Non-violence (ahiṁsā)—specifically, freeing oneself from the harming of living beings—is presented as the foundational discipline that leads to righteous character and even long life; it is endorsed as an authoritative dharmic path taught by Brahmā.
Maheśvara is instructing his listener on a dharmic ‘path’ associated with virtuous, long-lived people, grounding the teaching in divine authority by stating that Brahmā proclaimed it, and identifying renunciation of violence toward all beings as the means to attain it.