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दीर्यमाणे कुशेनापि यः स्वात्रे तु दूयते । निर्मनंतृन् स कथं जंतूनंतये निशितायुधैः ॥ २ ॥ निर्मातुं क्रूरकर्माणः क्षणिकामात्मनो धृतिं । समापयन्ति सकलं जन्मान्यस्व शरीरिणः ॥ ३ ॥ म्रियस्वेत्युच्यमानोऽपि देही भवति दुःखितः । मार्यमाणः प्रहरणैर्दारुणैः स कथं भवेत् ? ॥ ४ ॥
1 Vané niraparādhânâm vâyu toya trinâśinām Nighnan niriganâm mânsârthi viśésyaté katham śunaḥ 2. Diryamaneh kusenapi yah svangé hanté dāyate Nirmanantrūn sa katham jantunantayénniśitāyudhaiḥ 3. Nirmātum krûra-karmāṁah kṣanikâtmano dhritim Samâpayanti sakalam janamânyasya sarîrinaḥ 4. Mriyasvétyucyamâno'pi dehi bhavati duhkhitaḥ Maryamanah praharanaik darupai sa katham bhavét ? 4.
1. How can anyone desirous of the flesh of innocent deer living upon air, water, and grass, in a forest, after having killed them, be better than a dog ? Not in the least.
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2. When alas! one is pained even by a thin grass prickinį into his body, why does he kill innocent living creatures wit sharp-edged weapons?
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3. Those doers of cruel deeds put an end to the entire lif of such creatures for their momentary satisfaction.
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निरर्थकां न कुर्वीत जीवेषु स्थावरेष्वपि । fter afterधर्मज्ञः कांक्षन् मोक्षमुपासकः ॥ ५ ॥
4. When a living body becomes distressed by being to' "you die," what will be his condition when he is killed wit terrible weapons ?
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