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Chapter 5.37 - Verse 1

Sanskrit Text

सप्तदशेमान्राजेन्द्र मनुः स्वायंभुवोऽब्रवीत् वैचित्रवीर्य पुरुषानाकाशं मुष्टिभिर्घ्नतः

English Translation

Vidura said O chief among kings, Manu, the descendant of the self-create. Being, has spoken of the following seventeen kinds of men as those who strike the air with fists, O son of Vichitravirya; (or as) those who seek to bend the bow of Indra, composed of vapour and to touch the rays of the sun, which cannot be touched.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अस्मिन्न् | एवं | मति + द्वैध | मनुः | स्वायम्भुवो | ऽब्रवीत्
वैचित्रवीर्य | पुरुषान् | आकाशं | मुष्टिभिर् | घ्नतः