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    "title": "Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 37",
    "url": "https://weeklysanga.com/2015/07/12/srimad-bhagavatam-canto-1-chapter-7-text-37/",
    "datePublished": "2015-07-12",
    "dateModified": "2015-07-19",
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    "description": "Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 37 sva-prāṇān yaḥ para-prāṇaiḥ prapuṣṇāty aghṛṇaḥ khalaḥ tad-vadhas tasya hi śreyo yad-doṣād yāty adhaḥ pumān TRANSLATION A cruel and wretched person who maintains…",
    "author": "Rathi Krishna dasa",
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# Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 37

**[Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7 Text 37](http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/1/7/37)**

 

*sva-prāṇān yaḥ para-prāṇaiḥ
prapuṣṇāty aghṛṇaḥ khalaḥ
tad-vadhas tasya hi śreyo
yad-doṣād yāty adhaḥ pumān* 

TRANSLATION
A cruel and wretched person who maintains his existence at the cost of others’ lives deserves to be killed for his own well-being, otherwise he will go down by his own actions.