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Chapter 12.309 - Verse 15

Sanskrit Text

नास्तिकं भिन्नमर्यादं कूलपातमिवास्थिरम् वामतः कुरु विस्रब्धो नरं वेणुमिवोद्धतम्

English Translation

Do you shun unhesitatingly, the atheist who transgresses all restraints, who is situated like a house by the side of a dreadful and encroaching current, and who seems to stand like a bamboo with its head erect in pride.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

नास्तिकं | भिद् + मर्यादा | कूल + पात | इव + अस्थिर
वामतः | कुरु | विश्रब्धो | नरं | वेणुम् | इव + उद्धन्