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Chapter 12.56 - Verse 37

Sanskrit Text

क्षान्तेन ते भाव्यं नित्यं पुरुषसत्तम अधर्म्यो हि मृदू राजा क्षमावानिव कुञ्जरः

English Translation

You should not, however, O son, always forgive everybody, for a mild king is regarded as the worst like an elephant shorn of fierceness.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

दयित + च | नर + तद् | स्युर् | नित्यं | पुरुष + सत्तम
अधर्म्यो | हि | मृदू | राजा | क्षमावान् | इव | कुञ्जरः