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Chapter 13.33 - Verse 1

Sanskrit Text

किं राज्ञः सर्वकृत्यानां गरीयः स्यात्पितामह किं कुर्वन्कर्म नृपतिरुभौ लोकौ समश्नुते

English Translation

Yudhishthira Said Which act, O grandfather is the foremost of all those that have been laid down for a king? What is that act by doing which a king succeeds in enjoying both this world and the next.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

किं | राज्ञः | सर्व + कृत्य | गरीयः | स्यात् | पितामह
किं | कुर्वन् | कर्म | नृपतिर् | उभौ | लोकौ | समश्नुते