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Chapter 3.181 - Verse 7

Sanskrit Text

देही देहं संत्यज्य मृग्यमाणः शुभाशुभैः कथं संयुज्यते प्रेत्य इह वा द्विजसत्तम

English Translation

O best of Brahmanas, how is it that the consequences of the good or evil acts of an embodied being follow him in this world or after his death in the next?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

देही | च | देहं | संत्यज्य | मृग्यमाणः | शुभ + अशुभ
न | हि + एक | विद्यते | पत्नी | बहूनां | द्विजसत्तम