Shiva Purana

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मानुष्येऽपि च विप्रत्वं यः प्राप्य खलु दुर्लभम् ॥ नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः कोऽन्यस्तस्मादचेतनः ॥ ३५ ॥

sanskrit

Who can be a more senseless man than one who does not strive for the welfare of the soul after attaining the rare birth as a brahmin in the course of human birth?

english translation

mAnuSye'pi ca vipratvaM yaH prApya khalu durlabham ॥ nAcaratyAtmanaH zreyaH ko'nyastasmAdacetanaH ॥ 35 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/20/35

मानुष्येऽपि च विप्रत्वं यः प्राप्य खलु दुर्लभम् ॥ नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः कोऽन्यस्तस्मादचेतनः ॥ ३५ ॥

sanskrit

Who can be a more senseless man than one who does not strive for the welfare of the soul after attaining the rare birth as a brahmin in the course of human birth?

english translation

mAnuSye'pi ca vipratvaM yaH prApya khalu durlabham ॥ nAcaratyAtmanaH zreyaH ko'nyastasmAdacetanaH ॥ 35 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript