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Chapter 9.59 - Verse 11

Sanskrit Text

उवाच चैनं संरब्धं शमयन्निव केशवः आत्मवृद्धिर्मित्रवृद्धिर्मित्रमित्रोदयस्तथा विपरीतं द्विषत्स्वेतत्षड्विधा वृद्धिरात्मनः

English Translation

For pacifying the angry Rama, Keshava addressed him, saying, "There are six sorts of advancement that a person may scek, viz., one's own advancement, the advancement of one's friends' the destruction of one enemy, the destruction of one's enemy's friends, and the destruction of one's enemy's friends' friends.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

उवाच | च + एनद् | संरब्धं | शमयन्न् | इव | केशवः
आत्मन् + वृद्धि | मित्र + वृद्धि | मित्र + उदय + तथा
विपरीतं | द्विष् + एतद् | षड्विधा | वृद्धिर् | आत्मनः