पुमान् योषिदुत क्लीब आत्मसम्भावनोऽधम: । भूतेषु निरनुक्रोशो नृपाणां तद्वधोऽवध: ॥ २६ ॥
puman yosid uta kliba atma-sambhavano ’dhamah bhutesu niranukroso nrpanam tad-vadho ’vadhah
- puman
- a man
- yosit
- a woman
- uta
- also
- klibah
- a eunuch
- atma-sambhavanah
- interested in self -maintenance
- adhamah
- lowest of humankind
- bhutesu
- to other living entities
- niranukrosah
- without compassion
- nrpanam
- for the kings
- tat
- of him
- vadhah
- killing
- avadhah
- not killing.
Any cruel person—be he a man, woman or impotent eunuch—who is only interested in his personal maintenance and has no compassion for other living entities may be killed by the king. Such killing can never be considered actual killing.