Text 28]
The Dynasty of Aṁśumān
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hero;  na —not;  adharmam —irreligious act;  kartum —to do;  arhasi —you deserve;  dehi —please deliver;  me —my;  apatya-kāmāyāḥ —desiring to get a son;  akṛta-artham —whose desire has not been fulfilled;  patim —husband;  dvijam —who is a  brāhmaṇa .
TRANSLATION
Being influenced by the propensity of a Rākṣasa and being very hungry, King Saudāsa seized the brāhmaṇa. Then the poor woman, the brāhmaṇa's wife, said to the King: O hero, you are not actually a man-eater; rather, you are among the descendants of Mahārāja Ikṣvāku. Indeed, you are a great fighter, the husband of Madayantī. You should not act irreligiously in this way. I desire to have a son. Please, therefore, return my husband, who has not yet impregnated me.
TEXT 28
देहोऽयं मानुषो राजन् पुरुषस्याखिलार्थदः । तस्मादस्य वधो वीर सर्वार्थवध उच्यते ॥२८॥
deho 'yaṁ mānuṣo rājan puruṣasyākhilārthadaḥ tasmād asya vadho vīra sarvārtha-vadha ucyate
dehaḥ —body;  ayam —this;  mānuṣaḥ —human;  rājan —O King;  puruṣasya —of the living being;  akhila —universal;  artha-daḥ —beneficial;  tasmāt —therefore;  asya —of the body of my husband;  vadhaḥ —the killing;  vīra —O hero;  sarva-artha-vadhaḥ —killing all beneficial opportunities;  ucyate —it is said.
TRANSLATION
O King, O hero, this human body is meant for universal benefits. If you kill this body untimely, you will kill all the benefits of human life.