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Chapter 12.255 - Verse 36

Sanskrit Text

अस्मिन्नेवात्मतीर्थे पशवः प्राप्नुयुः सुखम् अथ स्वकर्मणा केन वाणिज प्राप्नुयात्सुखम् शंस मे तन्महाप्राज्ञ भृशं वै श्रद्दधामि ते

English Translation

If you hold that only men mentally bent like brutes fail to achieve sacrifices in the soil of the Soul, then, O son of a trader, by what acts would they succeed in securing their happiness? Tell me this, O you of great wisdom. I have great faith in your words.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अस्मिन्न् | एव + आत्मन् + तीर्थ | न | पशवः | प्राप्नुयुः | सुखम्
अथ | स्व + कर्मन् | केन | वाणिज | प्राप्नुयात् | सुखम्
शंस | मे | तद् + महत् + प्राज्ञ | भृशं | वै | श्रद्दधामि | ते