Word meanings
- gurūn
- teachers
- ahatvā
- not killing
- hi
- certainly
- mahā-anubhāvān
- noble elders
- śreyaḥ
- better
- bhoktum
- to enjoy life
- bhaikṣyam
- by begging
- api
- even
- iha loke
- in this world
- hatvā
- killing
- artha
- gain
- kāmān
- desiring
- tu
- but
- gurūn
- noble elders
- iha
- in this world
- eva
- certainly
- bhuñjīya
- enjoy
- bhogān
- pleasures
- rudhira
- blood
- pradigdhān
- tainted with
Translations
Better it is, indeed, in this world to accept alms than to slay the most noble teachers. But if I were to kill them, even in this world, all my enjoyments of wealth and fulfilled desires would be stained with their blood.
Rather, I would be content with a beggar's crust than to kill these teachers of mine, these precious noble souls! To slay these masters who are my benefactors would be to stain the sweetness of life's pleasures with their blood.
Rather than killing the noble-minded elders, it is better in this world to live even on alms. But by killing them, we shall only be enjoying here the pleasures of wealth and desirable things drenched in blood.
महानुभाव गुरुजनोंको न मारकर इस लोकमें मैं भिक्षाका अन्न खाना भी श्रेष्ठ समझता हूँ। क्योंकि गुरुजनोंको मारकर यहाँ रक्तसे सने हुए तथा धनकी कामनाकी मुख्यतावाले भोगोंको ही तो भोगूँगा!