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Chapter 13.72 - Verse 29

Sanskrit Text

योऽग्रं भक्तान्किंचिदप्राश्य दद्या;द्गोभ्यो नित्यं गोव्रती सत्यवादी शान्तो बुद्धो गोसहस्रस्य पुण्यं; संवत्सरेणाप्नुयात्पुण्यशीलः

English Translation

Given to truth, possessed of a tranquil soul, free from cupidity, always truthful in speech, and behaving with respect towards kine with the steadiness of a vow, the man who, for a whole year, before himself taking any food, regularly presents some food to kine, acquires the merit, by such an act, of the gift of a thousand kine.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यो | ऽग्रं | भक्तान् | किंचिद् | अ + प्राश् | दद्याद् | गोभ्यो | नित्यं | गो + व्रतिन् | सत्य + वादिन्
शान्तो | बुद्धो | गो + सहस्र | पुण्यं | संवत्सर + आप् | पुण्य + शील