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Chapter 12.212 - Verse 47

Sanskrit Text

यथोर्णनाभिः परिवर्तमान;स्तन्तुक्षये तिष्ठति पात्यमानः तथा विमुक्तः प्रजहाति दुःखं; विध्वंसते लोष्ट इवाद्रिमर्च्छन्

English Translation

In course of its downwards descent under the influence of ignorance individual soul lives (within its cell formed by acts) like a silkworm living within its cell made of threads woven by itself. Like the freed silk-worm again that quits its cell, individual soul also abandons its house forined by its acts. The final result, is that its sorrows are then dissipated like a clump of carth falling violently upon a rocky mass.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यथा + ऊर्णनाभि | परिवर्तमानस् | तन्तु + क्षय | तिष्ठति | पात्यमानः
तथा | विमुक्तः | प्रजहाति | दुःखं | विध्वंसते | लोष्ट | इव + अद्रि | अर्छन्