Shloka 33

अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः

Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning

Devanagari script

तामब्रवीत्‌ तदा देवी मृत्यो संहर मानवान्‌ । अधर्मस्ते न भविता तथा ध्यास्याम्यहं शुभे

Transliteration

tām abravīt tadā devī mṛtyo saṁhara mānavān | adharmas te na bhavitā tathā dhyāsyāmy ahaṁ śubhe ||

Translation

当时，梵天对女神说道：“噢，死神啊，去执行夺取人类生命之职。为此你不会招致不义之罪。噢，吉祥者，我将继续以慈善的观照护持你。”

Word by Word

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मृत्यो: O Death
• मृत्यो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संहर: destroy/annihilate
• संहर: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सं-हृ
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मानवान्: humans/men
• मानवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अधर्मः: sin/unrighteousness
• अधर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भविता: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: तृच् (agent/future sense), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• ध्यास्यामि: I shall meditate/think (of you)
• ध्यास्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्या
• Form: Future (Lrt), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Mṛtyu (Death, personified as a goddess)
• mānavāḥ (human beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When an action is performed as an ordained cosmic duty (niyoga) rather than from personal malice, the agent is not stained by adharma; Death functions as a necessary regulator of the world-order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Brahmā addresses the goddess Mṛtyu and commands her to ‘withdraw’ human beings (i.e., cause death), assuring her that no sin will attach to her and that he will remain favorably disposed toward her.