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Chapter 12.18 - Verse 31

Sanskrit Text

परिव्रजन्ति दानार्थं मुण्डाः काषायवाससः सिता बहुविधैः पाशैः संचिन्वन्तो वृथामिषम्

English Translation

Having shaved their heads clean and put on the brown robe, people rove like mendicants, though fettered by various ties and though always seeking useless wealth.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

परिव्रजन्ति | दान + अर्थ | मुण्डाः | काषाय + वासस्
सिता | बहुविधैः | पाशैः | संचिन्वन्तो | वृथा + आमिष