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Chapter 10.6 - Verse 27

Sanskrit Text

प्रतिघातं ह्यविज्ञातं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः यदारभ्य क्रियां कांचिद्भयादिह निवर्तते

English Translation

The wise describe defeat as foolishness when one having undertaken a task abandons it from fear.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

तां | च + आपद् | घोरतरां | प्रवदन्ति | मनीषिणः
यद् | उद्यम्य | महत् | कृत्यं | भयाद् | अपि | निवर्तते