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Chapter 1.56 - Verse 9

Sanskrit Text

कथं धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठः सुतो धर्मस्य धर्मवित् अनर्हः परमं क्लेशं सोढवान्स युधिष्ठिरः

English Translation

Why did Yudhishthira, the best of all virtuous men and the son of Dharma himself, though acquainted with all duties, suffer great afflictions?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कथं | धर्म + भृत् | श्रेष्ठः | सुतो | धर्मस्य | धर्म + विद्
अनर्हः | परमं | क्लेशं | सोढवान् | स | युधिष्ठिरः