Shiva Purana

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व्याधितं दुर्बलं बालं स्त्र्यनाथौ कृपणं ध्रुवम्॥ धनुर्भग्नं छिन्नगुणं हत्वा वै ब्रह्महा भवेत् ॥ ३७॥

sanskrit

One becomes a murderer of a brahmin by killing the sick, the feeble, the child, the hen-pecked, the miserly and one whose bow or bowstring is broken.

english translation

vyAdhitaM durbalaM bAlaM stryanAthau kRpaNaM dhruvam॥ dhanurbhagnaM chinnaguNaM hatvA vai brahmahA bhavet ॥ 37॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/21/37

व्याधितं दुर्बलं बालं स्त्र्यनाथौ कृपणं ध्रुवम्॥ धनुर्भग्नं छिन्नगुणं हत्वा वै ब्रह्महा भवेत् ॥ ३७॥

sanskrit

One becomes a murderer of a brahmin by killing the sick, the feeble, the child, the hen-pecked, the miserly and one whose bow or bowstring is broken.

english translation

vyAdhitaM durbalaM bAlaM stryanAthau kRpaNaM dhruvam॥ dhanurbhagnaM chinnaguNaM hatvA vai brahmahA bhavet ॥ 37॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript