हन्यन्ते पशवो यत्र निर्दयैरजितात्मभि: । मन्यमानैरिमं देहमजरामृत्यु नश्वरम् ॥ ९ ॥
hanyante paśavo yatra nirdayair ajitātmabhiḥ manyamānair imaṁ deham ajarāmṛtyu naśvaram
- hanyante
- are killed in many ways (especially by slaughterhouses)
- paśavaḥ
- four-legged animals (horses, sheep, cows, hogs, etc.)
- yatra
- wherein
- nirdayaiḥ
- by those merciless persons who are conducted by the mode of passion
- ajita-ātmabhiḥ
- rascals who are unable to control the senses
- manyamānaiḥ
- are thinking
- imam
- this
- deham
- body
- ajara
- will never become old or diseased
- amṛtyu
- death will never come
- naśvaram
- although the body is destined to be annihilated
Unable to control their senses, rascals who are falsely proud of their riches or their birth in aristocratic families are so cruel that to maintain their perishable bodies, which they think will never grow old or die, they kill poor animals without mercy. Sometimes they kill animals merely to enjoy an excursion.