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Chapter 12.251 - Verse 24

Sanskrit Text

सर्वं प्रियाभ्युपगतं धर्ममाहुर्मनीषिणः पश्यैतं लक्षणोद्देशं धर्माधर्मे युधिष्ठिर

English Translation

The sages have said that righteousness consists in the performance of objects by means of agreeable means. See, O Yudhisthira, that this is the standard that has been upheld in pointing out the marks of virtue and sin.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

सर्वं | प्रिय + अभ्युपगम् | धर्मम् | आहुर् | मनीषिणः
पश् + एतद् | लक्षण + उद्देश | धर्म + अधर्म | युधिष्ठिर