Verse 27·VR 6.83.27
बलस्य यदि चेद्धर्मो गुणभूतः पराक्रमे | धर्ममुत्सृज्य वर्तस्व यथा धर्मे तथा बले || ६-८३-२७
atha chetsatyavachanaM dharmaH kila parantapa | anR^itastvayyakaruNaH kiM na baddhastvayaa pitaa || 6-83-28
Translation
"Depend on might, as you do now on virtue, if the virtue is subordinate to might, thus giving up predominance of virtue."
←→navigate verses
Word by word
vartasva
depend on
bale
might
yathaa tathaa
as you do (now)
dharma
on virtue
dharmam yadi
if the virtue
guNabhuutaH chet
is subordinate
balasya
to might
utsR^ijya
giving up
dharmam paraakrame
predominance of virtue.
Chapter context
83
Seetha has been Killed by Indrajit
43 verses · Verse 27 of 43
60% through chapter