sva-pranan yah parapranaih
prapusnaty aghrnah khalah
tad-vadhas tasya hi sreyo
yad-dosad yaty adhah puman
sva-pranan-one's own life; yah-one who; parapranaih-at the cost of others' lives; prapusnati-maintains properly; aghrnah-shameless; khalah-wretched; tat-vadhah-killing of him; tasya-his; hi-certainly; sreyah-well-being; yat-by which; dosat-by the fault; yati-goes; adhah-downwards; puman-a person.