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Chapter 12.11 - Verse 3

Sanskrit Text

धर्मोऽयमिति मन्वाना ब्रह्मचर्ये व्यवस्थिताः त्यक्त्वा गृहान्पितॄंश्चैव तानिन्द्रोऽन्वकृपायत

English Translation

Considering that to be virtue, those youths possessing sufficient resources desired to live as Brahmacharins, having abandoned their brothers and fathers. It so happened that Indra felt pity for them.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

धर्मो | ऽयम् | इति | मन्वाना | ब्रह्मचर्ये | व्यवस्थिताः
त्यक्त्वा | गृहान् | पितृ + च + एव | तान् | इन्द्रो | ऽन्वकृपायत