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Chapter 12.56 - Verse 42

Sanskrit Text

व्यसनानि सर्वाणि त्यजेथा भूरिदक्षिण चैव प्रयुञ्जीत सङ्गं तु परिवर्जयेत्

English Translation

O noble king, you should renounce all those evil practices which are called Vyasanas. It is not incumbent that you should never indulge in them. What, however, is necessary is that you should not be attached to them.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

व्यसनानि | च | सर्वाणि | त्यजेथा | भूरि + दक्षिणा
न | च + एव | न | प्रयुञ्जीत | सङ्गं | तु | परिवर्जयेत्