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Chapter 12.306 - Verse 49

Sanskrit Text

यो घृतार्थी खरीक्षीरं मथेद्गन्धर्वसत्तम विष्ठां तत्रानुपश्येत मण्डं नापि वा घृतम्

English Translation

If a person seeking butter churns the milk of the she-ass, without finding what he seeks he simply finds a substance of foul smell like ordure.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यो | घृत + अर्थिन् | खरी + क्षीर | मथेद् | गन्धर्व + सत्तम
विष्ठां | तत्र + अनुपश् | न | मण्डं | न + अपि | वा | घृतम्