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Chapter 12.308 - Verse 45

Sanskrit Text

आधिपत्ये तथा तुल्ये निग्रहानुग्रहात्मनि राजर्षिभिक्षुकाचार्या मुच्यन्ते केन हेतुना

English Translation

Sovereignty is fraught with the rewarding and the punishing of others. The life of a mendicant is equally fraught with the same. When, therefore, mendicants are like kings in this respect, why would mendicants only acquire Liberation, and not kings?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

आधिपत्ये | तथा | तुल्ये | निग्रह + अनुग्रह + आत्मन्
राजर्षि + भिक्षुक + आचार्य | मुच्यन्ते | केन | हेतुना