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Chapter 12.56 - Verse 39

Sanskrit Text

क्षममाणं नृपं नित्यं नीचः परिभवेज्जनः हस्तियन्ता गजस्येव शिर एवारुरुक्षति

English Translation

If the king becomes always forgiving, the lowest of persons influences him, as the driver who sits on the head of the elephant he guides.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

क्षममाणं | नृपं | नित्यं | नीचः | परिभू + जन
हस्तिन् + यन्तृ | गज + इव | शिर | एव + आरुरुक्ष्