Shloka 55
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
स दुःखप्रतिघातार्थ हन्ति जन्तूननेकथा । जो जीव अपने ही किये हुए विभिन्न कर्मोके कारण सदा दुःखी रहता है, वही उस दुःखका निवारण करनेके लिये नाना प्रकारके प्राणियोंकी हत्या करता है ।।
sa duḥkhapratighātārthaṃ hanti jantūn anekathā | yo jīvaḥ svayam eva kṛtaiḥ vividhaiḥ karmabhiḥ kāraṇaiḥ sadā duḥkhī bhavati, sa eva tasya duḥkhasya nivāraṇārthaṃ nānāprakārāṇāṃ prāṇināṃ hiṃsāṃ karoti || tataḥ karma samādatte punar anyaj janma bahu ||
那罗陀说：为求排遣自身之苦，人以种种方式杀害众生。然而那同一灵我，因自己所造的诸般业而恒常受苦，却又欲以对诸类生灵施暴来除其苦。由此复起新业，再入多重生死之途。
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Violence committed to escape one’s own suffering is misguided: suffering arises from one’s own past actions, and harming other beings only generates further karma, perpetuating the cycle of repeated births.
Nārada explains a moral pattern: a distressed person, driven by the urge to counteract pain, kills various creatures; this response becomes fresh karma, leading the person to undertake further actions and to be born again and again.