तरव: किं न जीवन्ति भस्त्रा: किं न श्वसन्त्युत । न खादन्ति न मेहन्ति किं ग्रामे पशवोऽपरे ॥ १८ ॥
taravah kim na jivanti bhastrah kim na svasanty uta na khadanti na mehanti kim grame pasavo ’pare
- taravah
- the trees
- kim
- whether
- na
- do not
- jivanti
- live
- bhastrah
- bellows
- kim
- whether
- na
- do not
- svasanti
- breathe
- uta
- also
- na
- do not
- khadanti
- eat
- na
- do not
- mehanti
- discharge semen
- kim
- whether
- grame
- in the locality
- pasavah
- beastly living being
- apare
- others.
Do the trees not live? Do the bellows of the blacksmith not breathe? All around us, do the beasts not eat and discharge semen?