अपि मानुष्यकं लब्ध्वा भवन्ति ज्ञानिनो न ये ।
पशुतैव वरा तेषां प्रत्यवायाप्रवर्तनात् ।।
api mānuṣyakaṃ labdhvā bhavanti jñānino na ye ।
paśutaiva varā teṣāṃ pratyavāyāpravartanāt ।।
If, even after having acquired human birth, those who do not become truly wise, it is far better that they are born as beasts; for then they will do no mischief to others.