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Chapter 12.49 - Verse 63

Sanskrit Text

ततः कालेन पृथिवी प्रविवेश रसातलम् अरक्ष्यमाणा विधिवत्क्षत्रियैर्धर्मरक्षिभिः

English Translation

By the course of Time, the earth was assailed by wicked men. Unprotected duly by the virtuous Kshatriyas, and oppressed by the wicked for that disorder, the Earth quickly sank to the lowest depths.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

ततः | कालेन | पृथिवी | प्रविवेश | रसातलम्
अरक्ष्यमाणा | विधिवत् | क्षत्रियैर् | धर्म + रक्षिन्