तस्य साधोरपापस्य भ्रूणस्य ब्रह्मवादिन: । कथं वधं यथा बभ्रोर्मन्यते सन्मतो भवान् ॥ ३१ ॥
tasya sadhor apapasya bhrunasya brahma-vadinah katham vadham yatha babhror manyate san-mato bhavan
- tasya
- of him
- sadhoh
- of the great saintly person
- apapasya
- of one who has no sinful life
- bhrunasya
- of the embryo
- brahma-vadinah
- of one who is well versed in Vedic knowledge
- katham
- how
- vadham
- the killing
- yatha
- as
- babhroh
- of a cow
- manyate
- you are thinking
- sat-matah
- well recognized by higher circles
- bhavan
- your good self.
You are well known and worshiped in learned circles. How dare you kill this brahmana, who is a saintly, sinless person, well versed in Vedic knowledge? Killing him would be like destroying the embryo within the womb or killing a cow.