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Chapter 12.121 - Verse 39

Sanskrit Text

एवंप्रयोजनश्चैव दण्डः क्षत्रियतां गतः रक्षन्प्रजाः प्रजागर्ति नित्यं सुविहितोऽक्षरः

English Translation

For serving this object, punishment assumes the form of a Kshatriya among men. Protecting men he remains awake, always careful and never decaying.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

एवंप्रयोजन + च + एव | दण्डः | क्षत्रिय + ता | गतः
रक्षन् | प्रजाः | प्रजागर्ति | नित्यं | सु + विधा | ऽक्षरः