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Chapter 12.287 - Verse 17

Sanskrit Text

धर्मकालः पुरुषस्य निश्चितो; चापि मृत्युः पुरुषं प्रतीक्षते क्रिया हि धर्मस्य सदैव शोभना; यदा नरो मृत्युमुखेऽभिवर्तते

English Translation

There is no fixed time for the acquisition of virtue. Death waits for no man. When man is constantly running towards the jaws of Death, the doing of pious deeds is proper at all times.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

न | धर्म + काल | पुरुषस्य | निश्चितो | न | च + अपि | मृत्युः | पुरुषं | प्रतीक्षते
क्रिया | हि | धर्मस्य | सदा + एव | शोभना | यदा | नरो | मृत्यु + मुख | ऽभिवर्तते