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Chapter 12.138
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Sanskrit Text
मुहूर्तमपि
राजेन्द्र
तिन्दुकालातवज्ज्वलेत्
।
न
तुषाग्निरिवानर्चिर्धूमायेत
नरश्चिरम्
॥
English Translation
It is better, O monarch, that a king should burn up for the time being like charcoal of ebony-wood than that he should smoulder and sinoke like chaff for many years.
Padaccheda (Word Analysis)
मुहूर्तम् | अपि | राजन् + इन्द्र | तिन्दुक + अलात + वत् + ज्वल्
न | तुष + अग्नि | धूमायेत | नर + चिरम्
न | तुष + अग्नि | धूमायेत | नर + चिरम्