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Chapter 7.169 - Verse 10

Sanskrit Text

कथं शतधा जिह्वा ते मूर्धा दीर्यते गुरुमाक्रोशतः क्षुद्र चाधर्मेण पात्यसे

English Translation

O despicable wretch, why did not your tongue and your cursed head go off into thousand fragments, when you were on the point of slaying your preceptor? Why were you not smitten down by that sinful act?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कथं | च | शतधा | जिह्वा | न | ते | मूर्धा | च | दीर्यते
गुरुम् | आक्रोशतः | क्षुद्र | न | च + अधर्म | पात्यसे