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Chapter 13.61 - Verse 19

Sanskrit Text

अपि चेत्सुकृतं कृत्वा शङ्केरन्नपि पण्डिताः अशक्यमेकमेवैतद्भूमिदानमनुत्तमम्

English Translation

The learned doubt the acquision of merit which all other pious acts yield. The only act about which they are dead certain, is the of earth which, indeed, is the foremost of all gifts.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अपि | चेत् | सु + कृ | कृत्वा | शङ्केरन्न् | अपि | पण्डिताः
अशक्यम् | एकम् | एव + एतद् | भूमि + दान | अनुत्तमम्