Shloka 10
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
एतदेवमवश्यं हि भविता नैतदन्यथा । क्रियतामनवद्याड्रि यथोक्त मद्गबब्योडउनघे
etad evam avaśyaṃ hi bhavitā naitad anyathā | kriyatām anavadyāṅgi yathoktaṃ madgabhabyōḍunaghe ||
“Ito’y tiyak na mangyayari nang ganito mismo; hindi ito maaaring maging iba. O diyosang walang kapintasan ang mga sangkap, gawin mo ang iniutos Ko. Sa pagsunod sa Aking salita, hindi ka magkakasala.”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes inevitability (avaśyam) and the ethical reassurance that obedience to a rightful instruction—framed as dharmic—does not generate sin. It links moral responsibility to acting according to proper guidance when outcomes are presented as unavoidable.
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha) addresses a woman respectfully as “sinless” and “faultless-limbed,” asserting that a certain outcome is fixed and cannot change, and urges her to carry out his stated instruction, assuring her that doing so will not incur pāpa (sin).