कच्चित्त्वं ब्राह्मणं बालं गां वृद्धं रोगिणं स्त्रियम् । शरणोपसृतं सत्त्वं नात्याक्षी: शरणप्रद: ॥ ४१ ॥
kaccit tvam brahmanam balam gam vrddham roginam striyam saranopasrtam sattvam natyaksih sarana-pradah
- kaccit
- whether
- tvam
- yourself
- brahmanam
- the brahmanas
- balam
- the child
- gam
- the cow
- vrddham
- old
- roginam
- the diseased
- striyam
- the woman
- sarana-upasrtam
- having approached for protection
- sattvam
- any living being
- na
- whether
- atyaksih
- not given shelter
- sarana-pradah
- deserving protection.
You are always the protector of the deserving living beings, such as brahmanas, children, cows, women and the diseased. Could you not give them protection when they approached you for shelter?