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Chapter 5.40 - Verse 15

Sanskrit Text

अन्यो धनं प्रेतगतस्य भुङ्क्ते; वयांसि चाग्निश्च शरीरधातून् द्वाभ्यामयं सह गच्छत्यमुत्र; पुण्येन पापेन वेष्ट्यमानः

English Translation

The corn and wealth of the dead are enjoyed by others; and the elements of the body are eaten up by fire and birds. Surrounded by these two only, viz., virtue and sin, does a man go to the other world.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अन्यो | धनं | प्रेत + गम् | भुङ्क्ते | वयांसि | च + अग्नि | शरीर + धातु
द्वाभ्याम् | अयं | सह | गम् + अमुत्र | पुण्येन | पापेन | च | वेष्ट्यमानः