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Chapter 13.72 - Verse 24

Sanskrit Text

वैश्यस्यैते यदि गुणास्तस्य पञ्चाशतं भवेत् शूद्रस्यापि विनीतस्य चतुर्भागफलं स्मृतम्

English Translation

If a Vaishya, endued with similar accomplishments, were to make a gift of a single cow, that cow would equal five hundred kine. If a Shudra endued with humility were to make a gift of a cow, such cow would be equal to a hundred and twenty five kine. one COW a a

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

वैश्य + एतद् | यदि | गुण + तद् | पञ्चाशतं | भवेत्
शूद्र + अपि | विनीतस्य | चतुर् + भाग + फल | स्मृतम्