स्वप्राणान् य: परप्राणै: प्रपुष्णात्यघृण: खल: । तद्वधस्तस्य हि श्रेयो यद्दोषाद्यात्यध: पुमान् ॥ ३७ ॥
sva-pranan yah para-pranaih prapusnaty aghrnah khalah tad-vadhas tasya hi sreyo yad-dosad yaty adhah puman
- sva-pranan
- one’s own life
- yah
- one who
- para-pranaih
- at the cost of others’ lives
- prapusnati
- maintains properly
- aghrnah
- shameless
- khalah
- wretched
- tat-vadhah
- killing of him
- tasya
- his
- hi
- certainly
- sreyah
- well-being
- yat
- by which
- dosat
- by the fault
- yati
- goes
- adhah
- downwards
- puman
- a person.
A cruel and wretched person who maintains his existence at the cost of others’ lives deserves to be killed for his own well-being, otherwise he will go down by his own actions.