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Chapter 12.168 - Verse 29

Sanskrit Text

सुखं दुःखान्तमालस्यं दुःखं दाक्ष्यं सुखोदयम् भूतिश्चैव श्रिया सार्धं दक्षे वसति नालसे

English Translation

Happiness must terminate in misery. Idleness is misery; while cleverness (in action) is the root of felicity. Affluence and prosperity live in a clever man, but not in an idle wight.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

सुखं | दुःख + अन्त | आलस्यं | दुःखं | दाक्ष्यं | सुख + उदय
भूति + च + एव | श्रिया | सार्धं | दक्षे | वसति | न + अलस