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Chapter 13.24 - Verse 39

Sanskrit Text

कर्मणामानुपूर्वीं विधिपूर्वकृतं शृणु जातकर्मादिकान्सर्वांस्त्रिषु वर्णेषु भारत ब्रह्मक्षत्रे हि मन्त्रोक्ता वैश्यस्य युधिष्ठिर

English Translation

All the rites consequent upon birth, O Bharata, are necessary in the case of all the three castes. All these rites, O Yudhishthira, in the case of both Brahmanas and Kshatriyas as also in that of Vaishyas, are to be performed with the help of Mantras.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कर्मणाम् | आनुपूर्वीं | च | विधि + पूर्व + कृ | शृणु
जातकर्मन् + आदिक | सर्व + त्रि | वर्णेषु | भारत
ब्रह्मन् + क्षत्र | हि | मन्त्र + वच् | वैश्यस्य | च | युधिष्ठिर