None shall ever kill a human being for obtaining women, wealth or even sovereignty.
None shall ever kill a human being for obtaining women, wealth or even sovereignty.
We have looked at the prohibition of Himsa generally. Now Lord Swaminarayan looks at the specific types and reasons of violence. In this Shloka we discuss homicide. Murder or even harming another human being for any reason will lead to difficulty in this world and turmoil in others.
None should ever hurt or even think to hurt another person. Never should a person in a state of anger inflict harm. Shatanand explains that this body is sacred, as through it we are able to obtain the four Purushasthas: Dharma (duty), Artha (wealth), Kama (desire) and Moksha (salvation). To destroy a body would be to destroy your everything. For such reason Manushya Himsa is prohibited.
Man has no right to destroy any of God’s creatures. More often than not, he may kill or harm another person through jealousy that causes anger within himself. This jealousy is brought about through reasons of women, wealth and Kingdom. These are the great causes of dispute between man in the past, present and probably the future. For this reason the Shrimad Bhagwat has taught ‘This human body gives a person all that he requires, it is the source of all. To destroy such a body is to destroy all the benefits that are due to a person. Therefore one should never kill another person in order to gain a woman, wealth or a kingdom.’
Man in this dreaded age of Kali is becoming hateful. This hate remains in a person for many reasons. Families, friends and groups of people fall apart through personal differences. Man becomes competitive and cannot stand to see others advance in life. As the age of Kali progresses this hatred will thicken with more and more fragmentation of families and society in general. There will be gross committing of all kinds of sin. Who is to say that someday even we may commit the act of murder for personal gain? We all have the potential to do so as we all are falling servant to carnal desire and material well being.
For this reason Lord Swaminarayan calls for restraint. He awakens us to the fact that we should stay calm and patient always and never let our desire for personal gain nor our anger get the better of us. We should learn to accept that which we have and never commit unscrupulous sin for personal gain.