अहो कष्टमहोऽन्याय्यं यद्यूयं धर्मनन्दना: । जीवितुं नार्हथ क्लिष्टं विप्रधर्माच्युताश्रया: ॥ १२ ॥
aho kastam aho ’nyayyam yad yuyam dharma-nandanah jivitum narhatha klistam vipra-dharmacyutasrayah
- aho
- oh
- kastam
- what terrible sufferings
- aho
- oh
- anyayyam
- what terrible injustice
- yat
- because
- yuyam
- all of you good souls
- dharma-nandanah
- sons of religion personified
- jivitum
- to remain alive
- na
- never
- arhatha
- deserve
- klistam
- suffering
- vipra
- brahmanas
- dharma
- piety
- acyuta
- God
- asrayah
- being protected by.
Bhismadeva said: Oh, what terrible sufferings and what terrible injustices you good souls suffer for being the sons of religion personified. You did not deserve to remain alive under those tribulations, yet you were protected by the brahmanas, God and religion.