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Chapter 12.66 - Verse 35

Sanskrit Text

वने चरति यो धर्ममाश्रमेषु भारत रक्षया तच्छतगुणं धर्मं प्राप्नोति पार्थिवः

English Translation

By following the duty of protection only, o Bharata, the king acquires merit that is a hundred times greater than what is earned by hermits in their asylums in the forest.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

वने | चरति | यो | धर्मम् | आश्रमेषु | च | भारत
रक्षया | तद् + शतगुण | धर्मं | प्राप्नोति | पार्थिवः