योऽध्रुवेणात्मना नाथा न धर्मं न यश: पुमान् । ईहेत भूतदयया स शोच्य: स्थावरैरपि ॥ ८ ॥
yo ’dhruvenatmana natha na dharmam na yasah puman iheta bhuta-dayaya sa socyah sthavarair api
- yah
- anyone who
- adhruvena
- impermanent
- atmana
- by the body
- nathah
- O lords
- na
- not
- dharmam
- religious principles
- na
- not
- yasah
- fame
- puman
- a person
- iheta
- endeavors for
- bhuta-dayaya
- by mercy for the living beings
- sah
- that person
- socyah
- pitiable
- sthavaraih
- by the immobile creatures
- api
- even.
O demigods, one who has no compassion for humanity in its suffering and does not sacrifice his impermanent body for the higher causes of religious principles or eternal glory is certainly pitied even by the immovable beings.