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Chapter 12.224 - Verse 50

Sanskrit Text

केचित्पुरुषकारं तु प्राहुः कर्मविदो जनाः दैवमित्यपरे विप्राः स्वभावं भूतचिन्तकाः

English Translation

Of men who had devoted themselves to the science of things, there are some who say that, in the production of effects, Exertion is supreme. Some learned persons hold that Destiny is supreme, and some that it is Nature which is the agent.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

केचित् | पुरुषकारं | तु | प्राहुः | कर्मन् + विद् | जनाः
दैवम् | इति + अपर | विप्राः | स्वभावं | भूत + चिन्तक