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Chapter 12.179
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Sanskrit Text
श्लेषो
यदि
च
वातेन
यदि
तस्मात्प्रणश्यति
।
महार्णवविमुक्तत्वादन्यत्सलिलभाजनम्
॥
English Translation
If life depended upon air, and if it ended with the passing of that air from the body, it would then mingle with the eternal air like a portion of water passing into the great sea and thereby only changing the place of its residence. If a quantity of water be thrown into a well, or if the flame of a lamp be thrown into a burning fire, either of them, entering the original element, loses its independent existence. If life were air, it also, when the animal died, would merge in the great sea of air outside.
Padaccheda (Word Analysis)
श्लेषो | यदि | च | वातेन | यदि | तस्मात् | प्रणश्यति
महत् + अर्णव + विमुच् + त्व | अन्यत् | सलिल + भाजन
महत् + अर्णव + विमुच् + त्व | अन्यत् | सलिल + भाजन