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Ch. 1384 MBh 1384.47
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 56: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 56

MBh 12.56.47

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.56.47
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
वर्तितव्यं कुरुश्रेष्ठ नित्यं धर्मानुवर्तिना । स्वं प्रियं समभित्यज्य यद्यल्लोकहितं भवेत् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
A righteous king, O foremost one of Kuru's race, should always act in such a manner, as to sacrifice what he loves most for the sake of securing the well-being of his people.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
वर्तितव्यं
Lemma: वृत्
POS: 3. P.
कुरुश्रेष्ठ
Lemma: कुरु
POS: m
कुरुश्रेष्ठ
Lemma: श्रेष्ठ
POS: adj
नित्यं
Lemma: नित्यम्
POS: ind
धर्मानुवर्तिना
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
धर्मानुवर्तिना
Lemma: अनुवर्तिन्
POS: adj
स्वं
Lemma: स्व
POS: adj
प्रियं
Lemma: प्रिय
POS: adj
समभित्यज्य
Lemma: समभित्यज्
POS: 1. P.
यद्
Lemma: यद्
POS: pron
यल्
Lemma: यद्
POS: pron
लोकहितं
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
लोकहितं
Lemma: हित
POS: adj
भवेत्
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भवेत्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.56.47. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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