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Chapter 12.11 - Verse 21

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