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Shloka 2

अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः

Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning

त्वया सृष्टा कथं नारी मादृशी वदतां वर । रौद्रकर्माभिजायेत सर्वप्राणिभयड्करी

tvayā sṛṣṭā kathaṁ nārī mādṛśī vadatāṁ vara | raudrakarmābhijāyeta sarvaprāṇibhayaṅkarī ||

Nàng thưa: “Ôi Prajāpati, bậc tối thượng trong lời nói! Nếu Ngài định cho ta làm những việc dữ dằn, tàn khốc, cớ sao Ngài lại tạo ra một người nữ có tâm tính dịu hiền như ta? Làm sao một người như ta có thể trở thành kẻ hành sự hung bạo, gieo nỗi sợ cho mọi loài hữu tình?”

त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootत्वद्
Form—, Instrumental, Singular
सृष्टाcreated (female, having been created)
सृष्टा:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
कथम्how? why?
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
नारीwoman
नारी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनारी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मादृशीlike me; of my kind
मादृशी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमादृश
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वदताम्of those who speak
वदताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)
वरO best
वर:
TypeNoun
Rootवर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
रौद्रकर्मcruel/terrible deed
रौद्रकर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरौद्र + कर्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अभिजायेतcould be born/come to be; would arise
अभिजायेत:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + जन्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
सर्वप्राणिभयङ्करीterrifying to all creatures
सर्वप्राणिभयङ्करी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + प्राणि + भयङ्कर
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
P
Prajāpati

Educational Q&A

The verse raises an ethical tension between one’s innate disposition (gentleness) and imposed or expected conduct (cruel action), questioning whether dharma can demand actions that contradict one’s nature and the moral cost of becoming a source of fear to living beings.

Nārada addresses Prajāpati, challenging the logic of her creation: if she is meant to carry out fierce, fear-inducing deeds, why was she created as a gentle-hearted woman, implying a protest against being assigned a cruel role.