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Chapter 12.254 - Verse 4

Sanskrit Text

एवमुक्तस्तुलाधारो ब्राह्मणेन यशस्विना उवाच धर्मसूक्ष्माणि वैश्यो धर्मार्थतत्त्ववित् जाजलिं कष्टतपसं ज्ञानतृप्तस्तदा नृप

English Translation

Thus accosted by that highly famous Brahmana, Tuladhara of the Vaishya caste, well acquatinted with the truths of morality and contented with knowledge, described to Jajali who had practised severe penances, the ways of morality.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

एवम् | वच् + तुलाधार | ब्राह्मणेन | यशस्विना
उवाच | धर्म + सूक्ष्म | वैश्यो | धर्म + अर्थ + तत्त्व + विद्
जाजलिं | कष्ट + तपस् | ज्ञान + तृप् + तदा | नृप