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Chapter 12.212 - Verse 50

Sanskrit Text

अपि भवति मैथिलेन गीतं; नगरमुपाहितमग्निनाभिवीक्ष्य खलु मम तुषोऽपि दह्यतेऽत्र; स्वयमिदमाह किल स्म भूमिपालः

English Translation

Seeing his city burning in a fire, their own ancestor Janaka, the king of Mithila himself proclaimed-'In this fire nothing of mine is burning.'

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अपि | च | भवति | मैथिलेन | गीतं | नगरम् | उपाहितम् | अग्नि + अभिवीक्ष्
न | खलु | मम | तुषो | ऽपि | दह्यते | ऽत्र | स्वयम् | इदम् | आह | किल | स्म | भूमिपालः