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Chapter 12.128 - Verse 23

Sanskrit Text

तस्य कोशबलज्यान्या सर्वलोकपराभवः भैक्षचर्या विहिता विट्शूद्रजीविका

English Translation

For a Kshatriya who has, for his insufficient treasury and army, become exceedingly humiliated, neither a life of mendicancy nor the profession of a Vaishya or that of a Shudra has been sanctioned.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

तस्य | कोश + बल + ज्या + अन्य | सर्व + लोक + पराभव
भैक्ष + चर्या | न | विहिता | न | च | विश् + शूद्र + जीविका