Shloka 18
Viṣṇor Māhātmya and Indriya-saṃyama (विष्णोर्माहात्म्यं तथा इन्द्रियसंयमः)
तस्य तेनानुभावेन मृगहिंसात्मनस्तदा । तपो महत्समुच्छिन्नं तस्माद्धिंसा न यज्ञिया
tasya tenānubhāvena mṛga-hiṃsātmanas tadā | tapo mahatsamucchinnaṃ tasmād dhiṃsā na yajñiyā ||
Wika ni Nārada: Sa lakas ng gayong hangarin, nang ang brahman ay magpasyang saktan ang usa—iniisip, “Sa pagpatay sa hayop na ito, makakamtan ko ang langit”—ang kanyang dakilang pag-aayuno at pagninilay (tapas) ay agad na naputol. Kaya’t ang karahasan ay hindi tunay na nakapagpapabunga sa paghahandog (ni hindi rin ito pinahihintulutan bilang matuwid na paraan).
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when justified by a pious-sounding goal (like attaining heaven), the intention to harm living beings undermines spiritual merit; violence is not truly ‘yajñiya’—not a righteous or beneficial means for sacrifice and dharma.
Nārada describes a brahmin who becomes eager to kill a deer, reasoning that the act will lead to heaven; at that very moment, the brahmin’s accumulated tapas is said to be destroyed, and Nārada concludes that violence is not proper for yajña.