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Chapter 12.12 - Verse 5

Sanskrit Text

हि वेदोक्तमुत्सृज्य विप्रः सर्वेषु कर्मसु देवयानेन नाकस्य पृष्ठमाप्नोति भारत

English Translation

They are, indeed, consummate atheists who do not accept the injunction of the Vedas (which inculcate action). By following Vedic injunctions in all his acts, the person that is learned in the Vedas, attains, O Bharata, to the highest region of heaven by the way of the deities. All persons acquainted with Vedas have declared the life of a householder to be superior to all the (other) modes of life.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

न | हि | वेद + वच् | उत्सृज्य | विप्रः | सर्वेषु | कर्मसु
देव + यान | नाकस्य | पृष्ठम् | आप्नोति | भारत