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Ch. 1385 MBh 1385.4
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 57: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 57

MBh 12.57.4

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.57.4
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
द्वावेतौ ग्रसते भूमिः सर्पो बिलशयानिव । राजानं चाविरोद्धारं ब्राह्मणं चाप्रवासिनम् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Like a snake swallowing up mice, the Earth swallows up those two, viz., the king who does not like to fight and the Brahmana who is exceedingly found of his wives and children.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
द्वावेतौ
Lemma: द्वि
POS: nr
द्वावेतौ
Lemma: एतद्
POS: pron
ग्रसते
Lemma: ग्रस्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: ग्रसते
भूमिः
Lemma: भूमि
POS: f
सर्पो
Lemma: सर्प
POS: m
बिलशयान्
Lemma: बिल
POS: n
बिलशयान्
Lemma: शय
POS: adj
इव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
राजानं
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
चाविरोद्धारं
Lemma: च
POS: ind
चाविरोद्धारं
Lemma: अविरोद्धृ
POS: adj
ब्राह्मणं
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
चाप्रवासिनम्
Lemma: च
POS: ind
चाप्रवासिनम्
Lemma: अप्रवासिन्
POS: adj
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.57.4. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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