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Chapter 12.18 - Verse 32

Sanskrit Text

त्रयीं नाम वार्तां त्यक्त्वा पुत्रांस्त्यजन्ति ये त्रिविष्टब्धं वासश्च प्रतिगृह्णन्त्यबुद्धयः

English Translation

They who, casting off the three Vedas, their usual avocations and children, live like mendicants by taking up the triple-headed rod and the brown robe, are really persons of weak understanding.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

त्रयीं | च | नाम | वार्तां | च | त्यक्त्वा | पुत्र + त्यज् | ये
त्रिविष्टब्धं | च | वासस् + च | प्रतिग्रह् + अबुद्धि