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Chapter 12.277 - Verse 20

Sanskrit Text

स्वजनं हि यदा मृत्युर्हन्त्येव तव पश्यतः कृतेऽपि यत्ने महति तत्र बोद्धव्यमात्मना

English Translation

When your relatives are carried away by Death in your very presence and despite you utmost efforts to save them, that circumstance alone should awaken you.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

स्व + जन | हि | यदा | मृत्युर् | हन् + एव | तव | पश्यतः
कृते | ऽपि | यत्ने | महति | तत्र | बोद्धव्यम् | आत्मना