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Chapter 12.173 - Verse 27

Sanskrit Text

परिच्छिद्यैव कामानां सर्वेषां चैव कर्मणाम् मूलं रुन्धीन्द्रियग्रामं शकुन्तानिव पञ्जरे

English Translation

One should shut up, like birds in a cage, the very springs, viz., the understanding and the senses, of his desires and acts.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

परिच्छिद् + एव | कामानां | सर्वेषां | च + एव | कर्मणाम्
मूलं | रुध् + इन्द्रिय + ग्राम | शकुन्तान् | इव | पञ्जरे