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Chapter 14.50 - Verse 31

Sanskrit Text

कर्मणा जायते जन्तुर्मूर्तिमान्षोडशात्मकः पुरुषं सृजतेऽविद्या अग्राह्यममृताशिनम्

English Translation

By action is a creature born with body which is made up of the sixteen. (True) Knowledge swallows up Purusha. This is what is highly acceptable to eaters of ambrosia.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कर्मणा | जायते | जन्तुर् | मूर्तिमान् | षोडशन् + आत्मक
पुरुषं | सृजते | ऽविद्या | अग्राह्यम् | अमृत + आशिन्