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राम

अध्यायः 16

Chapter 16 · Verse 36

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नैव स्यात्कृत्रिमः स्वामी स्वतः स्वाम्येव यः सहि । दासास्त एव ये हेतुं विनैव प्रकृति स्थिताः ॥ ३६॥

IAST

naiva syātkṛtrimaḥ svāmī svataḥ svāmyeva yaḥ sahi | dāsāsta eva ye hetuṃ vinaiva prakṛti sthitāḥ || 36||

English

A master cannot be artificially made; he alone is truly master who is master by his very nature. Likewise, they alone are servants who remain in their servant-nature without any external cause.