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Chapter 1.3 - Verse 171

Sanskrit Text

पथि गच्छता मया ऋषभो दृष्टः तं पुरुषोऽधिरूढः तेनास्मि सोपचारमुक्तः उत्तङ्कास्य ऋषभस्य पुरीषं भक्षय उपाध्यायेनापि ते भक्षितमिति ततस्तद्वचनान्मया तदृषभस्य पुरीषमुपयुक्तम् तदिच्छामि भवतोपदिष्टं किं तदिति

English Translation

On my way I saw on the road a man mounted on a bull. He lovingly addressed me thus, “Uttanka, eat the dung of this bull, which was eaten by your preceptor."

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

उत्तङ्क + एतद् | पुरीषम् | अस्य | ऋषभस्य | भक्षय् + इति
उपाध्यायिनी | ते | ऋतुमती