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Ch. 1392 MBh 1392.26
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 64: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 64

MBh 12.64.26

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.64.26
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
दृष्टा धर्माः शतधा शाश्वतेन; क्षात्रेण धर्मेण पुनः प्रवृत्ताः । युगे युगे ह्यादिधर्माः प्रवृत्ता; लोकज्येष्ठं क्षत्रधर्मं वदन्ति ॥
English Scholarly Translation
The eternal duties (of men) had all been destroyed but by the exercise of Kshatriya duties they were revived. In every cycle of duties of Brahmanas regarding the atainment to Brahma first set in. These however, are all protected by kingly duties. The later, on this account, are regarded as highest.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
दृष्टा
Lemma: दृश्
POS: 6. P.
धर्माः
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
शतधा
Lemma: शतधा
POS: ind
शाश्वतेन
Lemma: शाश्वत
POS: adj
क्षात्रेण
Lemma: क्षात्र
POS: adj
धर्मेण
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
पुनः
Lemma: पुनर्
POS: ind
प्रवृत्ताः
Lemma: प्रवृत्
POS: 1. Ā.
युगे
Lemma: युग
POS: mn
युगे
Lemma: युग
POS: mn
ह्यादिधर्माः
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
ह्यादिधर्माः
Lemma: आदि
POS: m
ह्यादिधर्माः
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
प्रवृत्ता
Lemma: प्रवृत्
POS: 1. Ā.
लोकज्येष्ठं
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
लोकज्येष्ठं
Lemma: ज्येष्ठ
POS: adj
क्षत्रधर्मं
Lemma: क्षत्र
POS: n
क्षत्रधर्मं
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
वदन्ति
Lemma: वद्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: वदन्ति
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.64.26. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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