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Chapter 12.28 - Verse 8

Sanskrit Text

प्रसिक्तमना भोगान्विसृज्य पितृसंचितान् परिक्षीणः परस्वानामादानं साधु मन्यते

English Translation

He makes a waste of the possessions left by his ancestors by following the bent of his heart cager for worldly enjoyments. And then when reduced to want he does not regard the appropriation of other's wealth as sinful.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

स | प्रसिच् + मनस् | भोगान् | विसृज्य | पितृ + संचि
परिक्षीणः | पर + स्व | आदानं | साधु | मन्यते