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Chapter 12.35 - Verse 25

Sanskrit Text

प्राणत्राणेऽनृतं वाच्यमात्मनो वा परस्य वा गुर्वर्थे स्त्रीषु चैव स्याद्विवाहकरणेषु

English Translation

A falsehood may be uttered for saving one's own life or that of another, or for the sake of one's preceptor, or for gratifying a woman, or for bringing about a marriage.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

प्राण + त्राण | ऽनृतं | वाच्यम् | आत्मनो | वा | परस्य | वा
गुरु + अर्थ | स्त्रीषु | च + एव | स्याद् | विवाह + करण | च