  Using dispersive representations of the nucleon gravitational form factors,
the results for their absorptive parts from chiral effective field theory in
curved space-time, and the mechanical stability conditions, we obtain a model
independent inequality for the value of the gravitational $D(t)$ form factor at
zero momentum transfer (Druck-term). In particular, the obtained inequality
leads to a conservative bound on the Druck-term in the chiral limit $D \leq
-0.95(9)$. This bound implies the restriction on the low-energy constant $c_8$
of the effective chiral action for nucleons and pions in the presence of an
external gravitational field,
  $c_8\leq -1.1(1)$ GeV$^{-1}$. For the physical pion mass we obtain a model
independent bound $D\leq -0.20(2)$.

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