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Chapter 12.12 - Verse 8

Sanskrit Text

अनवेक्ष्य सुखादानं तथैवोर्ध्वं प्रतिष्ठितः आत्मत्यागी महाराज त्यागी तामसः प्रभो

English Translation

He, however, who, disregarding the life of a householder, the source of much happiness, adopts the next mode of life,-Renunciation, O monarch, is Renouncer possessed by the quality of darkness.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अनवेक्ष्य | सुख + आदान | तथा + एव + ऊर्ध्वम् | प्रतिष्ठितः
आत्मत्यागी | महत् + राज | स | त्यागी | तामसः | प्रभो