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Chapter 1.54 - Verse 19

Sanskrit Text

कथं समभवद्भेदस्तेषामक्लिष्टकर्मणाम् तच्च युद्धं कथं वृत्तं भूतान्तकरणं महत्

English Translation

What was the cause of the quarrel between them? They were all of great deeds and virtuous mind. Why did that great battle, which was the cause of the death of countless men, occur among my grandfathers, their sense being (surely) over-clouded by Fate? O best of Brahmanas, tell me all this in full as they happened.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कथं | समभवद् | भेद + तद् | अक्लिष्ट + कर्मन्
तद् + च | युद्धं | कथं | वृत्तं | भू + अन्त + करण | महत्