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राम

Action and Sacred Learning

Twenty-one divisions of knowledge

Unit 31 of 37 · printed source 98

Sanskrit · Devanagari

दण्डो नीतिश्च वार्ता च विद्या वायुजयः परः। एकविंशतिभेदोऽयं स्वप्रकाशः प्रकीर्तितः ॥ ३१ ॥

IAST

daṇḍo nītiśca vārtā ca vidyā vāyujayaḥ paraḥ| ekaviṃśatibhedo'yaṃ svaprakāśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 31 ||

Fresh English translation

Discipline, statecraft, livelihood, sacred knowledge, and the supreme mastery of breath complete the set. This self-luminous body of knowledge is proclaimed in twenty-one divisions.