Verse 8·VR 5.52.8

गृह्यन्ते यदि रोषेण त्वादृशोऽपि विपश्चितः | ततः शास्त्रविपश्चित्त्वम् श्रम एव हि केवलम् || ५-५२-८

gR^ihyante yadi roSheNa tvaadR^isho.api vipashcitaH | tataH shaastravipashchittvam shrama eva hi kevalam || 5-52-8

Translation

"If even learned persons like you are seized by anger, then the knowledge of scriptures is indeed just a labour in vain."

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vipashchito.api yadi

if even learned persons

tvaadR^ishaH

like you

gR^ihyante

are seized

roSam

by anger

tataH

then

shaastravipashchittvam

the knowledge of scriptures

kevalam shrama eva hi

is indeed just a labour in vain.

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52

Ravana Orders Hanuma to be Killed

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