บท 2, Slok 5

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คุรูนหตฺวา หิ มหานุภาวานฺ ศฺรเยโ ภโกฺตุํ ภไกฺษฺยมปีห ลโกเ | หตฺวารฺถกามาํสฺตุ คุรูนิหไว ภุญฺชีย ภโคานฺ รุธิรปฺรทิคฺธานฺ ||๒-๕||

Transliteration

gurūnahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṃ bhaikṣyamapīha loke . hatvārthakāmāṃstu gurūnihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhirapradigdhān ||2-5||

Meanings

2.5 It is better even to live on a beggar's fare in this world than to slay these most venerable teachers. If I should slay my teachers, though degraded they be by desire for wealth, I would be enjoying only blood-stained pleasures here. - Adi