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Chapter 12.57 - Verse 1

Sanskrit Text

नित्योद्युक्तेन वै राज्ञा भवितव्यं युधिष्ठिर प्रशाम्यते राजा हि नारीवोद्यमवर्जितः

English Translation

'The king, O Yudhishthira, should always address himself for action. That king does not deserve praise who, like a woman, is destitute of exertion.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

नित्य + उद्युज् | वै | राज्ञा | भवितव्यं | युधिष्ठिर
प्रशाम्यते | च | राजा | हि | नारी + इव + उद्यम + वर्जय्