यमो निर्घृणराजेन्द्रो नाऽऽर्तं नामाऽनुकम्पते । सर्वभूतदयोदारो जनो दुर्लभतां गतः ॥ ७ ॥
yamō nirghṛṇarājēndrō nā’’rtaṁ nāmā’nukampatē | sarvabhūtadayōdārō janō durlabhatāṁ gataḥ || 7 ||
Translation
Yama, king of the pitiless, does not pity even the afflicted; a person generous with compassion for all beings has become hard to find.
Word by word
- yamō
- (yamaḥ) Yama
- nirghṛṇa
- of the pitiless
- rāja
- king
- indrō
- (indraḥ) lord
- na
- not
- ārtaṁ
- the afflicted
- nāma
- even
- anukampatē
- does pity
- sarva
- for all
- bhūta
- beings
- dayā
- with compassion
- udārō
- (udāraḥ) generous
- janō
- (janaḥ) a person
- durlabhatāṁ
- hard to find
- gataḥ
- has become
Meaning
Death has no pity even for the suffering. And among people, the one whose heart is "generous with compassion for all beings" (sarvabhūta-dayodāra) has become rare. The two halves of the verse set the cruelty of Time beside the lack of mercy in people. The reader is asked whether they add to the world's mercy or to its pitilessness.