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Chapter 12.139 - Verse 84

Sanskrit Text

उपादाने खादने वास्य दोषः; कार्यो न्यायैर्नित्यमत्रापवादः यस्मिन्न हिंसा नानृते वाक्यलेशो; भक्ष्यक्रिया तत्र तद्गरीयः

English Translation

Vishvamitra said There is sin in accepting (an unclean present) or in eating (unclean food). When one's life is in peril, there is no sin in accepting such a present or eating such food. Besides, the eating of unclean food, when it does not involve destruction and deception and when the act will excite only mild rebuke, is not a very important matter.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

उपादाने | खादने | वा + इदम् | दोषः | कार्यो | न्यायैर् | नित्यम् | अत्र + अपवाद
यद् + न | हिंसा | न + अनृत | वाक्य + लेश | भक्ष्य + क्रिया | तत्र | न | तद् | गरीयः