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Chapter 5.36 - Verse 17

Sanskrit Text

नानर्थकं सान्त्वयति प्रतिज्ञाय ददाति राद्धापराद्धे जानाति यः मध्यमपूरुषः

English Translation

He who does not seek to solace another by telling untruth and who having promised performs and who knows the weakness of others, is a man of the middling type.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

न + अनर्थक | सान्त्वयति | प्रतिज्ञाय | ददाति | च
राध् + अपराध् | जानाति | यः | स | मध्यम + पूरुष