मृत्युर्बुद्धिमतापोह्यो यावद्बुद्धिबलोदयम् । यद्यसौ न निवर्तेत नापराधोऽस्ति देहिन: ॥ ४८ ॥
mṛtyur buddhimatāpohyo yāvad buddhi-balodayam yady asau na nivarteta nāparādho ’sti dehinaḥ
- mṛtyuḥ
- death
- buddhi-matā
- by an intelligent person
- apohyaḥ
- should be avoided
- yāvat
- as long as
- buddhi-bala-udayam
- intelligence and bodily strength are present
- yadi
- if
- asau
- that (death)
- na nivarteta
- cannot be checked
- na
- not
- aparādhaḥ
- offense
- asti
- there is
- dehinaḥ
- of the person in danger of death
As long as he has intelligence and bodily strength, an intelligent person must try to avoid death. This is the duty of every embodied person. But if death cannot be avoided in spite of one’s endeavors, a person facing death commits no offense.