Shiva Purana

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एकस्मिन्रक्षिते जीवे त्रैलोक्यं रक्षितं भवेत् ।। घातिते घातितं तद्वत्तस्माद्रक्षेन्न घातयेत् ।।१७।।

sanskrit

If a single living being is protected it amounts to the protection of the three worlds. If that is killed it amounts to the killing of all others. Hence it is our duty to protect and abstain from killing others.

english translation

ekasminrakSite jIve trailokyaM rakSitaM bhavet || ghAtite ghAtitaM tadvattasmAdrakSenna ghAtayet ||17||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/143/17

एकस्मिन्रक्षिते जीवे त्रैलोक्यं रक्षितं भवेत् ।। घातिते घातितं तद्वत्तस्माद्रक्षेन्न घातयेत् ।।१७।।

sanskrit

If a single living being is protected it amounts to the protection of the three worlds. If that is killed it amounts to the killing of all others. Hence it is our duty to protect and abstain from killing others.

english translation

ekasminrakSite jIve trailokyaM rakSitaM bhavet || ghAtite ghAtitaM tadvattasmAdrakSenna ghAtayet ||17||

hk transliteration by Sanscript