Mahabharat

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पापानां विद्ध्य अधिष्ठानं लॊभम एव दविजॊत्तम लुब्धाः पापं वयवस्यन्ति नरा नातिबहु शरुताः अधर्मा धर्मरूपेण तृणैः कूपा इवावृताः ॥ ३-१९८-५४ ॥

sanskrit

'O best of Brahmanas, temptation is the root of all sin. Ignorant men, yielding solely to temptation, commit sins. Sinful men often cloak themselves in a virtuous appearance, like wells whose mouths are hidden beneath long grass.' ॥ 3-198-54 ॥

english translation

pApAnAM viddhya adhiSThAnaM lòbhama eva davijòttama lubdhAH pApaM vayavasyanti narA nAtibahu zarutAH adharmA dharmarUpeNa tRNaiH kUpA ivAvRtAH ॥ 3-198-54 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/mahabharat/vana-parva/198/54

पापानां विद्ध्य अधिष्ठानं लॊभम एव दविजॊत्तम लुब्धाः पापं वयवस्यन्ति नरा नातिबहु शरुताः अधर्मा धर्मरूपेण तृणैः कूपा इवावृताः ॥ ३-१९८-५४ ॥

sanskrit

'O best of Brahmanas, temptation is the root of all sin. Ignorant men, yielding solely to temptation, commit sins. Sinful men often cloak themselves in a virtuous appearance, like wells whose mouths are hidden beneath long grass.' ॥ 3-198-54 ॥

english translation

pApAnAM viddhya adhiSThAnaM lòbhama eva davijòttama lubdhAH pApaM vayavasyanti narA nAtibahu zarutAH adharmA dharmarUpeNa tRNaiH kUpA ivAvRtAH ॥ 3-198-54 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript