दीर्घं श्वसन्ती वृजिनस्य पार
मपश्यती बालकमाह बाला ।
मामङ्गलं तात परेषु मंस्था
भुङ्क्ते जनो यत्परदुःखदस्तत् ॥१७॥

dīrghaṁ śvasantī vṛjinasya pāram
apaśyatī bālakam āha bālā
māmaṅgalaṁ tāta pareṣu maṁsthā
bhuṅkte jano yat para-duḥkhadas tat

 dīrgham - heavy; śvasantī - breathing; vṛjinasya - of the danger; pāram - limitation; apaśyatī - without finding; bālakam - to her son; āha - said; bālā - the lady; mā - let there not be; amaṅgalam - ill fortune; tāta - my dear son; pareṣu - unto others; maṁsthāḥ - desire; bhuṅkte - suffered; janaḥ - person; yat - that which; para-duḥkhadaḥ - who is apt to inflict pains upon others; tat - that.


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She also was breathing very heavily, and she did not know the factual remedy for the painful situation. Not finding any remedy, she said to her son: My dear son, don’t wish for anything inauspicious for others. Anyone who inflicts pains upon others suffers himself from that pain.

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