यस्याङ्के शिर आधाय लोक: स्वपिति निर्वृत: । स्वयं धर्ममधर्मं वा न हि वेद यथा पशु: ॥ ५ ॥ स कथं न्यर्पितात्मानं कृतमैत्रमचेतनम् । विस्रम्भणीयो भूतानां सघृणो दोग्धुमर्हति ॥ ६ ॥
yasyanke sira adhaya lokah svapiti nirvrtah svayam dharmam adharmam va na hi veda yatha pasuh sa katham nyarpitatmanam krta-maitram acetanam visrambhaniyo bhutanam saghrno dogdhum arhati
- yasya
- of whom
- anke
- on the lap
- sirah
- the head
- adhaya
- placing
- lokah
- the general mass of people
- svapiti
- sleep
- nirvrtah
- in peace
- svayam
- personally
- dharmam
- religious principles or the goal of life
- adharmam
- irreligious principles
- va
- or
- na
- not
- hi
- indeed
- veda
- know
- yatha
- exactly like
- pasuh
- an animal
- sah
- such a person
- katham
- how
- nyarpita-atmanam
- unto the living entity who has fully surrendered
- krta-maitram
- endowed with good faith and friendship
- acetanam
- with undeveloped consciousness, foolish
- visrambhaniyah
- deserving to be the object of faith
- bhutanam
- of the living entities
- sa-ghrnah
- who has a soft heart for the good of all people
- dogdhum
- to give pain
- arhati
- is able
People in general are not very advanced in knowledge by which to discriminate between religion and irreligion. The innocent, unenlightened citizen is like an ignorant animal sleeping in peace with its head on the lap of its master, faithfully believing in the master’s protection. If a leader is actually kindhearted and deserves to be the object of a living entity’s faith, how can he punish or kill a foolish person who has fully surrendered in good faith and friendship?