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Chapter 12.263 - Verse 34

Sanskrit Text

त्यक्त्वा मूलफलं सर्वं पर्णाहारोऽभवद्द्विजः पर्णं त्यक्त्वा जलाहारस्तदासीद्द्विजसत्तमः

English Translation

By and bye the Brahmana, leaving off fruits and roots, began to use leaves of trees as his food. Then leaving off leaves, he took to water only as his subsistence.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

त्यक्त्वा | मूल + फल | सर्वं | पर्ण + आहार | ऽभवद् | द्विजः
पर्णं | त्यक्त्वा | जल + आहार + तदा + अस् | द्विजसत्तमः