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Chapter 12.328 - Verse 33

Sanskrit Text

त्वं चैवाहं कौन्तेय नरनारायणौ स्मृतौ भारावतरणार्थं हि प्रविष्टौ मानुषीं तनुम्

English Translation

I have thus told you, O Partha, what the destinations are between my worshippers. Yourself, O son of Kunti, and myself are known as Nara and Narayana. Both of us have taken human bodies only for the purpose of lightening the load of the Earth.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

त्वं | च + एव + मद् | च | कौन्तेय | नर + नारायण | स्मृतौ
भार + अवतरण + अर्थ | हि | प्रविष्टौ | मानुषीं | तनुम्