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Chapter 12.19 - Verse 4

Sanskrit Text

शास्त्रार्थसूक्ष्मदर्शी यो धर्मनिश्चयकोविदः तेनाप्येवं वाच्योऽहं यदि धर्मं प्रपश्यसि

English Translation

If you were really acquainted with duty, then you could have understood that words like these ought not to have been addressed to me by one possessing the true knowledge of the scriptures and acquainted with the truths of religion.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

शास्त्र + अर्थ + सूक्ष्म + दर्शिन् | यो | धर्म + निश्चय + कोविद
तद् + अपि + एवम् | न | वाच्यो | ऽहं | यदि | धर्मं | प्रपश्यसि