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 ||
یہ بات لازماً اسی طرح واقع ہوگی؛ اس کے سوا کچھ نہیں ہو سکتا۔ اے بے عیب اعضا والی دیوی! جیسا میں نے کہا ہے ویسا ہی کرو؛ میرے حکم کی تعمیل سے تم پر کوئی گناہ نہیں آئے گا۔
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).