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Chapter 12.271 - Verse 15

Sanskrit Text

तदेव बहुभिर्माल्यैर्वास्यमानं पुनः पुनः विमुञ्चति स्वकं गन्धं माल्यगन्धेऽवतिष्ठति

English Translation

When, however, those grains are perfumed repeatedly with the help of a large quantity of flowers, it is then that they cast off their own smell and assume that off the flowers with which they are mixed.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

तद् | एव | बहुभिर् | माल्यैर् | वास्यमानं | पुनः | पुनः
न | मुञ्चति | स्वकं | गन्धं | तद्वत् | सूक्ष्मस्य | दर्शनम्