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Chapter 12.246 - Verse 9

Sanskrit Text

शरीरं पुरमित्याहुः स्वामिनी बुद्धिरिष्यते तत्र बुद्धेः शरीरस्थं मनो नामार्थचिन्तकम्

English Translation

The body is compared to a city. The understanding is its mistress. The mind living within the body is the minister of that mistress whose chief duty is to decide.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

शरीरं | पुरम् | इति + अह् | स्वामिनी | बुद्धिर् | इष्यते
तत्र | बुद्धेः | शरीर + स्थ | मनो | नामन् + अर्थ + चिन्तक