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Chapter 12.37
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Sanskrit Text
यथा
षण्ढोऽफलः
स्त्रीषु
यथा
गौर्गवि
चाफला
।
शकुनिर्वाप्यपक्षः
स्यान्निर्मन्त्रो
ब्राह्मणस्तथा
॥
English Translation
As a eunuch cannot beget children on women, as a cow does not procreats on another cow, as a bird lives in vain that is featherless, even so is a Brahmana that without Mantras.
Padaccheda (Word Analysis)
यथा | षण्ढो | ऽफलः | स्त्रीषु | यथा | गौर् | गवि | च + अफल
शकुनिर् | वा + अपि + अपक्ष | अस् + निर्मन्त्र | ब्राह्मण + तथा
शकुनिर् | वा + अपि + अपक्ष | अस् + निर्मन्त्र | ब्राह्मण + तथा