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Chapter 12.309 - Verse 6

Sanskrit Text

फेनपात्रोपमे देहे जीवे शकुनिवत्स्थिते अनित्ये प्रियसंवासे कथं स्वपिषि पुत्रक

English Translation

Your body is as fickle as the froth on the surface of water. The Individual Soul is sitting unattached in it as a bird on a tree. The companionship of all agreeable objects is transitory. Why then, O son, do you sleep in such forgetfulness?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

फेन + पात्र + उपम | देहे | जीवे | शकुनि + वत् | स्थिते
अनित्ये | प्रिय + संवास | कथं | स्वपिषि | पुत्रक