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Chapter 16.5 - Verse 18

Sanskrit Text

चिन्तयानोऽन्धकवृष्णिनाशं; कुरुक्षयं चैव महानुभावः मेने ततः संक्रमणस्य कालं; ततश्चकारेन्द्रियसंनिरोधम्

English Translation

The high-souled one, thinking of the destruction of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas, as also of the previous destruction of the Kurus, concluded that the hour (for his own departure from the world) had come. He then controlled his senses (in Yoga).

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

स | चिन्तयानो | अन्धक + वृष्णि + नाश | कुरु + क्षय | च + एव | महत् + अनुभाव
मेने | ततः | संक्रमणस्य | कालं | ततस् + कृ + इन्द्रिय + संनिरोध