देहोऽयं मानुषो राजन् पुरुषस्याखिलार्थद: । तस्मादस्य वधो वीर सर्वार्थवध उच्यते ॥ २८ ॥
deho ’yam manuso rajan purusasyakhilarthadah tasmad asya vadho vira sarvartha-vadha ucyate
- dehah
- body
- ayam
- this
- manusah
- human
- rajan
- O King
- purusasya
- of the living being
- akhila
- universal
- artha-dah
- beneficial
- tasmat
- therefore
- asya
- of the body of my husband
- vadhah
- the killing
- vira
- O hero
- sarva-artha-vadhah
- killing all beneficial opportunities
- ucyate
- it is said.
O King, O hero, this human body is meant for universal benefits. If you kill this body untimely, you will kill all the benefits of human life.