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Chapter 6.4 - Verse 5

Sanskrit Text

कालोऽयं पुत्ररूपेण तव जातो विशां पते वधः पूज्यते वेदे हितं नैतत्कथंचन

English Translation

O king, Death himself, has taken birth in the form of your son. Slaughter is never spoken high of in the Vedas. It can never produce any good.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कालो | ऽयं | पुत्र + रूप | तव | जातो | विशां | पते
न | वधः | पूज्यते | वेदे | हितं | न + एतद् | कथंचन