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Chapter 5.180 - Verse 25

Sanskrit Text

प्रहरे क्षत्रधर्मस्य यं त्वं राम समास्थितः ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियत्वं हि याति शस्त्रसमुद्यमात्

English Translation

I shall strike at your Kshatriya-hood since, O Rama, you have adopted the life of a Kshatriya; a Brahmana becomes a Kshatriya owing to his taking up arms.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

प्रहरे | क्षत्र + धर्म | यं | त्वं | राम | समास्थितः
ब्राह्मणः | क्षत्रिय + त्व | हि | याति | शस्त्र + समुद्यम