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Chapter 7.165 - Verse 28

Sanskrit Text

यदि नाम युध्येरञ्शिक्षिता ब्रह्मबन्धवः स्वकर्मभिरसंतुष्टा स्म क्षत्रं क्षयं व्रजेत्

English Translation

If vile Brahmanas dissatisfied with the duties of their own order but versed in the use of weapons, did not fight, then the Kshatriya a order would not have become reduced in numerical strength.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यदि | नाम | न | युध्येरञ् | शिक्षिता | ब्रह्मबन्धवः
स्व + कर्मन् | असंतुष्टा | न | स्म | क्षत्रं | क्षयं | व्रजेत्