एतावानव्ययो धर्म: पुण्यश्लोकैरुपासित: । यो भूतशोकहर्षाभ्यामात्मा शोचति हृष्यति ॥ ९ ॥
etavan avyayo dharmah punya-slokair upasitah yo bhuta-soka-harsabhyam atma socati hrsyati
- etavan
- this much
- avyayah
- imperishable
- dharmah
- religious principle
- punya-slokaih
- by famous persons who are celebrated as pious
- upasitah
- recognized
- yah
- which
- bhuta
- of the living beings
- soka
- by the distress
- harsabhyam
- and by the happiness
- atma
- the mind
- socati
- laments
- hrsyati
- feels happiness.
If one is unhappy to see the distress of other living beings and happy to see their happiness, his religious principles are appreciated as imperishable by exalted persons who are considered pious and benevolent.