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Chapter 8.49 - Verse 48

Sanskrit Text

दुष्करं परमज्ञानं तर्केणात्र व्यवस्यति श्रुतिर्धर्म इति ह्येके वदन्ति बहवो जनाः

English Translation

Your definition of morality must be then something like that. Some people attempt at attaining that high and difficult knowledge by the exercise of reasoning. Many persons maintain, on the other hand, that morality can be learned from the scriptures alone.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

दुष्करं | परम + ज्ञान | तर्क + अत्र | व्यवस्यति
श्रुतिर् | धर्म | इति | ह्य् | एके | वदन्ति | बहवो | जनाः