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Chapter 12.168 - Verse 36

Sanskrit Text

यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत्सुखम् तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नार्हतः षोडशीं कलाम्

English Translation

Neither the happiness which is derived from a gratification of the senses nor that great happiness which one may enjoy in heaven, even comes up to a sixteenth part of the happiness which originates from the destruction of all desire.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यद् + च | काम + सुख | लोके | यद् + च | दिव्यं | महत् | सुखम्
तृष्णा + क्षय + सुख + एतद् | न + अर्ह् | षोडशीं | कलाम्