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Chapter 12.246
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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
तत्र | बुद्धेः | शरीर + स्थ | मनो | नामन् + अर्थ + चिन्तक