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Chapter 12.271 - Verse 14

Sanskrit Text

यथा चाल्पेन माल्येन वासितं तिलसर्षपम् मुञ्चति स्वकं गन्धं तद्वत्सूक्ष्मस्य दर्शनम्

English Translation

By mixing only a few flowers with them, grains of sesame cannot be made to renounce their own smell. Similarly, one cannot, by purifying his heart only a little, succeed in seeing the Soul.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यथा | च + अल्प | माल्येन | वासितं | तिल + सर्षप
न | मुञ्चति | स्वकं | गन्धं | तद्वत् | सूक्ष्मस्य | दर्शनम्