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Ch. 1384 MBh 1384.18
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 56: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 56

MBh 12.56.18

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.56.18
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
न हि सत्यादृते किंचिद्राज्ञां वै सिद्धिकारणम् । सत्ये हि राजा निरतः प्रेत्य चेह च नन्दति ॥
English Scholarly Translation
There is nothing which leads so much to the success of kings as Truth. The king who is devoted to Truth enjoys happiness both here and hereafter.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
सत्याद्
Lemma: सत्य
POS: n
ऋते
Lemma: ऋते
POS: ind
किंचिद्
Lemma: कश्चित्
POS: pron
राज्ञां
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
वै
Lemma: वै
POS: ind
सिद्धिकारणम्
Lemma: सिद्धि
POS: f
सिद्धिकारणम्
Lemma: कारण
POS: n
सत्ये
Lemma: सत्य
POS: n
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
राजा
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
निरतः
Lemma: निरत
POS: adj
प्रेत्य
Lemma: प्रे
POS: 2. P.
चेह
Lemma: च
POS: ind
चेह
Lemma: इह
POS: ind
च
Lemma: च
POS: ind
नन्दति
Lemma: नन्द्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: नन्दति
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.56.18. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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