नायं मार्गो हि साधूनां हृषीकेशानुवर्तिनाम् । यदात्मानं पराग्गृह्य पशुवद्भूतवैशसम् ॥ १० ॥
nayam margo hi sadhunam hrsikesanuvartinam yad atmanam parag grhya pasuvad bhuta-vaisasam
- na
- never
- ayam
- this
- margah
- path
- hi
- certainly
- sadhunam
- of honest persons
- hrsikesa
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- anuvartinam
- following the path
- yat
- which
- atmanam
- self
- parak
- the body
- grhya
- thinking to be
- pasu-vat
- like animals
- bhuta
- of living entities
- vaisasam
- killing.
One should not accept the body as the self and thus, like the animals, kill the bodies of others. This is especially forbidden by saintly persons, who follow the path of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.