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Chapter 12.98 - Verse 27

Sanskrit Text

अरोगाणां स्पृहयते मुहुर्मृत्युमपीच्छति वीरो दृप्तोऽभिमानी नेदृशं मृत्युमर्हति

English Translation

Hankering after the condition of healthy men, such a man again and again desires for death itself. A hero, having dignity and pride, does not deserve such an inglorious death.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अरोगाणां | स्पृहयते | मुहुर् | मृत्युम् | अपि + इष्
वीरो | दृप्तो | ऽभिमानी | च | न + ईदृश | मृत्युम् | अर्हति