धर्मो जीवदया तुल्यो न क्वापि जगतीतले । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कार्या जीवदया नृभिः
dharmo jīvadayā tulyo na kvāpi jagatītale | tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāryā jīvadayā nṛbhiḥ
Trên mặt đất này, không có pháp (dharma) nào sánh bằng lòng từ bi đối với muôn loài hữu tình. Vì thế, con người phải dốc mọi nỗ lực để thực hành jīva-dayā—thương xót sự sống.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda instructing Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A compassionate householder in Kāśī offers food and water to animals and the poor near a ghāṭ, while a sage blesses, indicating dayā as the highest dharma.
Compassion to living beings is presented as the supreme dharma and should be pursued wholeheartedly.
The verse belongs to Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s teachings, supporting the pilgrim ethic of Kāśī, though it does not name a particular tīrtha.
Not a ritual act; it prescribes a sustained ethical observance: jīva-dayā (kindness to all life).