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Ch. 1384 MBh 1384.22
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 56: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 56

MBh 12.56.22

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.56.22
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
मृदुर्हि राजा सततं लङ्घ्यो भवति सर्वशः । तीक्ष्णाच्चोद्विजते लोकस्तस्मादुभयमाचर ॥
English Scholarly Translation
If the king becomes mild, everybody disobey him. On the other hand, if he becomes fierce his subjects always fear him. Therefore, do you conduct yourself in both the ways.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
मृदुर्
Lemma: मृदु
POS: adj
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
राजा
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
सततं
Lemma: सततम्
POS: ind
लङ्घ्यो
Lemma: लङ्घ्
POS: 1. Ā.
भवति
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भवति
सर्वशः
Lemma: सर्वशस्
POS: ind
तीक्ष्णाच्चोद्विजते
Lemma: तीक्ष्ण
POS: adj
तीक्ष्णाच्चोद्विजते
Lemma: च
POS: ind
तीक्ष्णाच्चोद्विजते
Lemma: उद्विज्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: उद्विजते
लोकस्तस्माद्
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
लोकस्तस्माद्
Lemma: तस्मात्
POS: ind
उभयम्
Lemma: उभय
POS: adj
आचर
Lemma: आचर्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: आचर
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.56.22. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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