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Sanskrit · Devanagari

गुरूनहत्वा हि महानुभावान् श्रेयो भोक्तुं भैक्ष्यमपीह लोके। हत्वार्थकामांस्तु गुरूनिहैव भुञ्जीय भोगान् रुधिरप्रदिग्धान् ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṃ bhaikṣyamapīha loke hatvārthakāmāṃstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān

Not killing (my) preceptors—(men) of great glory—it is better to live even on alms in this world. But killing them though they are avaricious of worldly goods I should only enjoy blood-tainted enjoyments. Nor do we know which of the two is better for us-whether that we should vanquish them

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 38%.