Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 89
Hanūmaccarita
The Account of Hanumān
न कश्चित्तं प्रति द्वेषी न च तं हिंसयेदपि । एतन्मे दीयतां देव मृतानाममृतिस्तथा ॥ ८९ ॥
na kaścittaṃ prati dveṣī na ca taṃ hiṃsayedapi | etanme dīyatāṃ deva mṛtānāmamṛtistathā || 89 ||
کوئی اس کے خلاف عداوت نہ رکھے اور نہ کوئی اسے کسی طرح نقصان پہنچائے۔ اے دیو، مجھے یہ वर عطا کیجیے؛ اور اسی طرح مر چکوں کے لیے بھی موت کے بندھن سے رہائی ہو۔
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames a core dharmic safeguard—freedom from hatred and harm—as a prerequisite for higher boons, and it elevates compassion into a prayer that culminates in the aspiration for amṛti (deathlessness/liberation).
Bhakti is expressed here as a purified heart: the devotee asks the Lord for a world without dveṣa (hatred) and hiṃsā (violence), showing that devotion is inseparable from kindness and non-injury.
The verse highlights applied dharma rather than a technical Vedanga rule: it functions as a conduct-directive (ācāra) supporting ritual purity and spiritual progress—avoidance of hatred and injury as daily discipline.