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Chapter 12.56 - Verse 16

Sanskrit Text

विपन्ने समारम्भे संतापं मा स्म वै कृथाः घटते विनयस्तात राज्ञामेष नयः परः

English Translation

Do not be sorry if what is undertaken ends disastrously, for you should then exert yourself in the same work with redoubled attention. This is the highest of royal duties.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

विपन्ने | च | समारम्भे | संतापं | मा | स्म | वै | कृथाः
घटते | विनय + तात | राज्ञाम् | एष | नयः | परः