ब्राह्मणार्थो ह्यपहृतो हर्तारं पातयत्यध: । अजानन्तमपि ह्येनं नृगं ब्राह्मणगौरिव ॥ ४३ ॥
brāhmaṇārtho hy apahṛto hartāraṁ pātayaty adhaḥ ajānantam api hy enaṁ nṛgaṁ brāhmaṇa-gaur iva
- brāhmaṇa
- of a brāhmaṇa
- arthaḥ
- the property
- hi
- indeed
- apahṛtaḥ
- taken away
- hartāram
- the taker
- pātayati
- causes to fall
- adhaḥ
- down
- ajānantam
- unaware
- api
- even
- hi
- indeed
- enam
- this person
- nṛgam
- King Nṛga
- brāhmaṇa
- of the brāhmaṇa
- gauḥ
- the cow
- iva
- as
When a brāhmaṇa’s property is stolen, even unknowingly, it certainly causes the person who takes it to fall down, just as the brāhmaṇa’s cow did to Nṛga.