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Chapter 5.34 - Verse 29

Sanskrit Text

धर्मेण राज्यं विन्देत धर्मेण परिपालयेत् धर्ममूलां श्रियं प्राप्य जहाति हीयते

English Translation

By means of virtue should a kingdom be attained; and by means of virtue should it be governed. The kingly prosperity, that has virtue for its basis, is never lost, nor it flies away.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अरञ्जयत् | प्रजा | वीरो | धर्मेण | परिपालयन्
धर्म + मूल | श्रियं | प्राप्य | न | जहाति | न | हीयते