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Chapter 5.38 - Verse 29

Sanskrit Text

प्रसादो निष्फलो यस्य क्रोधश्चापि निरर्थकः तं भर्तारमिच्छन्ति षण्ढं पतिमिव स्त्रियः

English Translation

Him whose favour is without consequence and whose wrath does no harm the people do not desire to have for a lord; even as women do not want to have an impotent man to be their husband.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

प्रसादो | निष्फलो | यस्य | क्रोध + च + अपि | निरर्थकः
न | तं | भर्तारम् | इच्छन्ति | षण्ढं | पतिम् | इव | स्त्रियः