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Chapter 12.2 - Verse 4

Sanskrit Text

क्षत्रं स्वर्गं कथं गच्छेच्छस्त्रपूतमिति प्रभो संघर्षजननस्तस्मात्कन्यागर्भो विनिर्मितः

English Translation

The question was mooted, how all the Kshatriyas, purified by weapons, should attain to blissful regions. For this, a child was conceived by Kunti while she was a maid, capable of creating a general war.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

क्षत्रं | स्वर्गं | कथं | गम् + शस्त्र + पू | इति | प्रभो
संघर्ष + जनन + तस्मात् | कन्या + गर्भ | विनिर्मितः