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Chapter 12.170 - Verse 10

Sanskrit Text

आकिंचन्यं राज्यं तुलया समतोलयम् अत्यरिच्यत दारिद्र्यं राज्यादपि गुणाधिकम्

English Translation

I weighed poverty and sovereignty in the balance, and found sovereignty wanting, and poverty to all appearances possessed greater merits then sovereignty.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

आकिंचन्यं | च | राज्यं | च | तुलया | समतोलयम्
अत्यरिच्यत | दारिद्र्यं | राज्याद् | अपि | गुण + अधिक