सोऽयं ब्रह्मर्षिवर्यस्ते राजर्षिप्रवराद् विभो । कथमर्हति धर्मज्ञ वधं पितुरिवात्मज: ॥ ३० ॥
so ’yam brahmarsi-varyas te rajarsi-pravarad vibho katham arhati dharma-jna vadham pitur ivatmajah
- sah
- he, the brahmana
- ayam
- this
- brahma-rsi-varyah
- not only a brahmana but the best of great sages, or brahmarsis
- te
- also from you
- raja-rsi-pravarat
- who are the best of all saintly kings, or rajarsis
- vibho
- O master of the state
- katham
- how
- arhati
- he deserves
- dharma-jna
- O you, who are quite aware of religious principles
- vadham
- killing
- pituh
- from the father
- iva
- like
- atmajah
- the son.
My lord, you are completely aware of the religious principles. As a son never deserves to be killed by his father, here is a brahmana who should be protected by the king, and never killed. How does he deserve to be killed by a rajarsi like you?