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Chapter 5.105 - Verse 8

Sanskrit Text

प्रतिश्रुत्य करिष्येति कर्तव्यं तदकुर्वतः मिथ्यावचनदग्धस्य इष्टापूर्तं प्रणश्यति

English Translation

The religious merit of a man bears no fruit, who having promised to do an act fails to perform it and is thus sullied with falsehood.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

प्रतिश्रुत्य | कर्तव्यं | तद् | अकुर्वतः
नैमिषं | प्रार्थयानस्य | पाप + अर्ध | प्रणश्यति