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Chapter 12.224 - Verse 39

Sanskrit Text

गुणाः पूर्वस्य पूर्वस्य प्राप्नुवन्त्युत्तरोत्तरम् तेषां यावत्तिथं यद्यत्तत्तत्तावद्गुणं स्मृतम्

English Translation

These, in succession, acquire the attributes of the immediately preceding ones from which they have originated. Each has not only its own special attribute but each succeeding one has the attributes of all the previous ones.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

गुणाः | पूर्वस्य | पूर्वस्य | प्राप् + उत्तरोत्तर
तेषां | यद् | यत् | तत् | तत् | तावत् + गुण | स्मृतम्