Canonical Ref: MBh 12.70.31
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
लोकस्य सीमन्तकरी मर्यादा लोकभावनी । सम्यङ्नीता दण्डनीतिर्यथा माता यथा पिता ॥
English Scholarly Translation
The science of punishment, which establishes all men in the observance of their respective duties, which is the basis of all healthy distinctions, and which truly keeps up the world and sets it agoing if properly administered, protects all men like parents protecting their children.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
लोकस्य
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
सीमन्तकरी
Lemma: सीमन्त
POS: mn
सीमन्तकरी
Lemma: कर
POS: adj
मर्यादा
Lemma: मर्यादा
POS: f
लोकभावनी
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
लोकभावनी
Lemma: भावन
POS: adj
सम्यङ्
Lemma: सम्यक्
POS: ind
नीता
Lemma: नी
POS: 2. P.
दण्डनीतिर्
Lemma: दण्डनीति
POS: f
यथा
Lemma: यथा
POS: ind
माता
Lemma: मातृ
POS: f
यथा
Lemma: यथा
POS: ind
पिता
Lemma: पितृ
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.70.31. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.