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Chapter 12.187 - Verse 58

Sanskrit Text

भवति विदुषां ततो भयं; यदविदुषां सुमहद्भयं भवेत् हि गतिरधिकास्ति कस्यचि;त्सति हि गुणे प्रवदन्त्यतुल्यताम्

English Translation

A person succeeds, by acting without expecting fruits, (by those acts) in destroying his pristine sinful acts. To a wise man, the acts of a former life and those of this life also, do not yield any disagreeable result. But how can acts, if he continues to be engaged in them, bring about what is agreeable (viz., Liberation.)

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

न | भवति | विदुषां | ततो | भयं | यद् | अविदुषां | सु + महत् | भयं | भवेत्
न | हि | गतिर् | अधिक + अस् | कस्यचित् | सति | हि | गुणे | प्रवद् + अतुल्य + ता