Shloka 9

उपलेपनादिकथनम्

Vastraputa-jala, Ahimsa, and Conduct in Shiva Worship

Devanagari script

रक्षन्ति जन्तवः सर्वे हिंसकं बाधयन्ति च त्रैलोक्यमखिलं दत्त्वा यत्फलं वेदपारगे

Transliteration

rakṣanti jantavaḥ sarve hiṃsakaṃ bādhayanti ca trailokyamakhilaṃ dattvā yatphalaṃ vedapārage

Translation

Tous les êtres vivants protègent celui qui n’est pas violent et entravent le violent. Ô connaisseur du Veda, le mérite né de cette inoffensivité est égal au fruit du don des trois mondes entiers.

Word by Word

• rakṣanti: protect

• jantavaḥ: living beings/creatures

• sarve: all

• hiṁsakam: the violent person (one given to injury)

• bādhayanti: hinder/afflict/oppose

• ca: and

• trailokyam: the three worlds

• akhilam: entirely/without remainder

• dattvā: having given (as charity)

• yat: which

• phalam: fruit/merit/result

• vedapārage: O one who has crossed/masters the Veda (Veda-knower)

Speaker

Suta Goswami