यथा कण्टकविद्धाङ्गो जन्तोर्नेच्छति तां व्यथाम् । जीवसाम्यं गतो लिङ्गैर्न तथाविद्धकण्टक: ॥ १४ ॥
yathā kaṇṭaka-viddhāṅgo jantor necchati tāṁ vyathām jīva-sāmyaṁ gato liṅgair na tathāviddha-kaṇṭakaḥ
- yathā
- just as
- kaṇṭaka-viddha-aṅgaḥ
- a person whose body has been pinpricked
- jantoḥ
- of such an animal
- na
- not
- icchati
- desires
- tām
- a particular
- vyathām
- pain
- jīva-sāmyam gataḥ
- when he understands that the position is the same for everyone
- liṅgaiḥ
- by possessing a particular type of body
- na
- not
- tathā
- so
- aviddha-kaṇṭakaḥ
- a person who has not been pinpricked
By seeing their faces, one whose body has been pricked by pins can understand the pain of others who are pinpricked. Realizing that this pain is the same for everyone, he does not want others to suffer in this way. But one who has never been pricked by pins cannot understand this pain.