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Ch. 1189 MBh 1189.33
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MBh • Parva 8 • Adhyāya 39: Karṇaparva Adhyāya 39

MBh 8.39.33

Canonical Ref: MBh 8.39.33
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
ब्राह्मणेन तपः कार्यं दानमध्ययनं तथा । क्षत्रियेण धनुर्नाम्यं स भवान्ब्राह्मणब्रुवः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
To study and to practise asceticism and charities and the duties of a Brahman and the Kshatriyas only are authorised to use the bow. So it seems that you are a Brahmin in name only.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
ब्राह्मणेन
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
तपः
Lemma: तपस्
POS: n
कार्यं
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā.
दानम्
Lemma: दान
POS: n
अध्ययनं
Lemma: अध्ययन
POS: n
तथा
Lemma: तथा
POS: ind
क्षत्रियेण
Lemma: क्षत्रिय
POS: m
धनुर्
Lemma: धनुस्
POS: n
नाम्यं
Lemma: नामय्
POS: 10. P.
स
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
भवान्
Lemma: भवत्
POS: adj
ब्राह्मणब्रुवः
Lemma: ब्राह्मणब्रुव
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 8.39.33. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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