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Chapter 12.56 - Verse 44

Sanskrit Text

भवितव्यं सदा राज्ञा गर्भिणीसहधर्मिणा कारणं महाराज शृणु येनेदमिष्यते

English Translation

The king should always treat his subjects as a mother does the child of her womb. Hear, O king, why this is desirable.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

भवितव्यं | सदा | राज्ञा | गर्भिणी + सहधर्मिन्
कारणं | च | महत् + राज | शृणु | यद् + इदम् | इष्यते