Devanagari
नैतादृश: परो धर्मो नृणां सद्धर्ममिच्छताम् ।
न्यासो दण्डस्य भूतेषु मनोवाक्कायजस्य य: ॥ ८ ॥
Verse text
naitādṛśaḥ paro dharmo
nṛṇāṁ sad-dharmam icchatām
nyāso daṇḍasya bhūteṣu
mano-vāk-kāyajasya yaḥ
Synonyms
na
—
never
;
etādṛśaḥ
—
like this
;
paraḥ
—
a supreme or superior
;
dharmaḥ
—
religion
;
nṛṇām
—
of persons
;
sat
—
dharmam — superior religion
;
icchatām
—
being desirous of
;
nyāsaḥ
—
giving up
;
daṇḍasya
—
causing trouble because of envy
;
bhūteṣu
—
unto the living entities
;
manaḥ
—
in terms of the mind
;
vāk
—
words
;
kāya
—
jasya — and body
;
yaḥ
—
which .
Translation
Persons who want to advance in superior religion are advised to give up all envy of other living entities, whether in relationship to the body, words or mind. There is no religion superior to this.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
There is no higher dharma than giving up violence to all living beings by mind, words and body for persons desiring proper principles.
There is no higher dharma than giving up violence (daṇḍasya).