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Chapter 12.138 - Verse 18

Sanskrit Text

वहेदमित्रं स्कन्धेन यावत्कालविपर्ययः अथैनमागते काले भिन्द्याद्घटमिवाश्मनि

English Translation

one should carry his enemy, on his shoulders as long as time is unfavourable. When, however, the opportunity presents itself, one should break him into pieces like an earthcn jar on a stone.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

वहेद् | अमित्रं | स्कन्धेन | यावत् | काल + विपर्यय
अथ + एनद् | आगते | काले | भिन्द्याद् | घटम् | इव + अश्मन्