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Chapter 12.11
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Sanskrit Text
तपः
श्रेष्ठं
प्रजानां
हि
मूलमेतन्न
संशयः
।
कुटुम्बविधिनानेन
यस्मिन्सर्वं
प्रतिष्ठितम्
॥
English Translation
Forsooth, penances are the foremost of all things and are the root of all creatures, Asceticism, is attainable by leading the life a householder, upon which depends everything. The learned Brahmins having chack on malice, beyond the sphere of duality know that penance. The penance so observed by them is addressed as penance on the earth.
Padaccheda (Word Analysis)
तपः | श्रेष्ठं | प्रजानां | हि | मूलम् | एतद् + न | संशयः
कुटुम्ब + विधि + इदम् | यस्मिन् | सर्वं | प्रतिष्ठितम्
कुटुम्ब + विधि + इदम् | यस्मिन् | सर्वं | प्रतिष्ठितम्