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Chapter 12.277 - Verse 21

Sanskrit Text

जीवन्तमपि चैवैनं भरणे रक्षणे तथा असमाप्ते परित्यज्य पश्चादपि मरिष्यसि

English Translation

In the very life-time of your relatives and before own duty is completed of feeding and protecting them, you may yourself die and leave them.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

जीवन्तम् | अपि | च + एव + एनद् | भरणे | रक्षणे | तथा
असमाप्ते | परित्यज्य | पश्चाद् | अपि | मरिष्यसि