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Chapter 12.98 - Verse 25

Sanskrit Text

गृहे मरणं तात क्षत्रियाणां प्रशस्यते शौटीराणामशौटीरमधर्म्यं कृपणं तत्

English Translation

The death of a Kshatriya at home is not praiseworthy. They are heroes. Any unheroic act on their part is sinful and censurable.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

न | गृहे | मरणं | तात | क्षत्रियाणां | प्रशस्यते
शौटीराणाम् | अशौटीरम् | अधर्म्यं | कृपणं | च | तत्