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Chapter 12.246 - Verse 6

Sanskrit Text

संरोहत्यकृतप्रज्ञः संतापेन हि पादपम् तमेव ततो हन्ति विषं ग्रस्तमिवातुरम्

English Translation

That foolish wight who nourishes this tree by enjoying the objects of the senses is destroyed by those very objects like a poisonous pill destroying the patient to whom it is given.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

संरुह् + अकृत + प्रज्ञा | संतापेन | हि | पादपम्
स | तम् | एव | ततो | हन्ति | विषं | ग्रस्तम् | इव + आतुर