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Chapter 12.211 - Verse 29

Sanskrit Text

प्रेत्य भूतात्ययश्चैव देवताभ्युपयाचनम् मृते कर्मनिवृत्तिश्च प्रमाणमिति निश्चयः

English Translation

Thus do the sceptics reason, who are, however, mistaken. The disappearance (of animation) upon the body becoming lifeless means death. The supplication of the gods by the very men who deny the separate existence of the Soul is another good argument (for the proposition that the Soul is separate from the body). Another argument against the sceptic is that his proposition argues a destruction of acts.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

प्रेत्य | भूत + अत्यय | च + एव | देवता + अभ्युपयाचन
मृते | कर्मन् + निवृत्ति | च | प्रमाणम् | इति | निश्चयः