यः पश्चात्पूर्वकार्याणि कुर्यादैश्वर्यमास्थितः | पूर्वं चोत्तरकार्याणि न स वेद नयानयौ || ६-६३-५
yaH pashchaatpuurvakaaryaaNi kuryaadaishvaryamaasthitaH | puurvaM chottarakaaryaaNi na sa veda nayaanayau || 6-63-5
Translation
"He who, abiding in power, performs duties to be done earlier at a later stage and duties to be done later, at an early stage, does not know what is a right course and what is a wrong course."
Word by word
yaH
he who
aasthitaH
abiding in
aishvaryam
power
kurvaat
performs
purvakaaryaaNi
duties to be done at first
pashchaat
at a later stage
uttarakaaryaaNi
and duties to be done later
puurvamcha
at the first instance
saH
he
na veda
does not know
nayaanayau
the right course and the wrong course.
Chapter context
Kumbhakarna Reassures Ravana
54 verses · Verse 5 of 54
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