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सर्वेषामेव जन्तूनां सततं देहपोषणे ।
अस्ति प्रज्ञा समायत्ता को विशेषस्तदा नृणाम् ।
लब्ध्वेहान्ते मनुष्यत्वं हित्वा देहाद्यसद्ग्रहम् ।
आत्मसृत्या विहायेदं जीवात्मा स विशिष्यते ॥

sarvesam eva jantunam

satatam deha-posane

asti prajna samayatta

ko visesas tada nrnam

labdhvehante manusyatvam

hitva dehady-asad-graham

atma-srtya vihayedam

jivatma sa visisyate

sarvesam-all; eva-certainly; jantunam-of animals; satatam-always; deha-posane-to maintain the body; asti-there is; prajna-intelligence; samayatta-resting on; kah-what; visesah-difference; tada-then; nrnam-of the human beings; labdhva-having attained; iha-here; ante-at the end of many births; manusyatvam-a human life; hitva-after giving up; deha-adi-in the gross and subtle body; asat-graham-an incorrect conception of life; atma-of spiritual knowledge; srtya-by the path; vihaya-having abandoned; idam-this body; jiva-atma-the individual spirit soul; sah-that; visisyate-becomes prominent.