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Chapter 12.308 - Verse 48

Sanskrit Text

यदि सत्यपि लिङ्गेऽस्मिञ्ज्ञानमेवात्र कारणम् निर्मोक्षायेह दुःखस्य लिङ्गमात्रं निरर्थकम्

English Translation

When, despite the adoption of these emblems of a particular mode of life, Knowledge along becomes the cause of one's Liberation from sorrow, it would appear that the adoption of mere emblems is absolutely useless.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यदि | अस् + अपि | लिङ्गे | ऽस्मिञ् | ज्ञानम् | एव + अत्र | कारणम्
निर्मोक्ष + इह | दुःखस्य | लिङ्ग + मात्र | निरर्थकम्