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Verse 6.17

क्वचित्क्वचिद्भाग्यपरिच्युतः सन्पुनः पुनः सर्वमुपैति भाग्यम्। लोकेऽप्रसिद्धोऽपरिहार्यमन्तः शल्यं प्रपन्नः शकटेऽतिःउखी

Sometimes, having fallen away from fortune, one again and again regains all prosperity; yet in the world he remains unknown, carrying within an unavoidable thorn, like a wheel that has become derailed. This verse reveals the paradoxical…

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