Shloka 32
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
सैवमुक्ता महाराज कृताज्जलिरुवाच ह । पुनरेव महात्मानं नेति देवेशमव्ययम्,महाराज! ब्रह्माजीके ऐसा कहनेपर मृत्यु हाथ जोड़कर उन अविनाशी महात्मा देवेश्वर ब्रह्मासे पुन: इस प्रकार बोली--'प्रभो! मैं प्राणियोंका संहार नहीं करूँगी”
saivam uktā mahārāja kṛtāñjalir uvāca ha | punar eva mahātmānaṃ neti deveśam avyayam ||
بھیشم نے کہا— “اے راجا! یوں کہے جانے پر موت نے ہاتھ جوڑ کر اُس لازوال، عظیم روح، دیویشور برہما سے پھر کہا— ‘نہیں، پروردگار! میں جانداروں کا سنہار نہیں کروں گی۔’”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even forces associated with punishment or ending (like Death) are portrayed as bound by dharma and moral hesitation; the text highlights compassion and restraint as virtues that must be weighed alongside cosmic duty.
Death, personified as a reverent supplicant, addresses the imperishable Lord of the gods (identified in the gloss as Brahmā) and refuses—at least momentarily—to undertake the destruction of living beings, indicating a tension between ordained function and ethical reluctance.