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Chapter 12.289 - Verse 51

Sanskrit Text

यथा कश्चिद्वनं घोरं बहुसर्पसरीसृपम् श्वभ्रवत्तोयहीनं दुर्गमं बहुकण्टकम्

English Translation

That path is like a dreadful forest which is full of numberless snakes and crawling vermin, with pits everywhere, without water for satisfying one's thirst, and full of thorns, and inaccessible on that account.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यथा | कश्चिद् | वनं | घोरं | बहु + सर्प + सरीसृप
श्वभ्रवत् | तोय + हा | च | दुर्गमं | बहु + कण्टक