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हन्यन्ते पशवो यत्र निर्दयैरजितात्मभिः ।
मन्यमानैरिमं देहम् अजरामृत्यु नश्वरम् ॥ ९ ॥
 
hanyante pasavo yatra
nirdayair ajitatmabhih
manyamanair imam deham
ajaramrtyu nasvaram
hanyante-are killed in many ways (especially by slaughterhouses); pasavah-four-legged animals (horses, sheep, cows, hogs, etc.); yatra-wherein; nirdayaih-by those merciless persons who are conducted by the mode of passion; ajita-atmabhih-rascals who are unable to control the senses; manyamanaih-are thinking; imam-this; deham-body; ajara-will never become old or diseased; amrtyu-death will never come; nasvaram-although the body is destined to be annihilated.