Canonical Ref: MBh 12.70.5
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
चातुर्वर्ण्ये स्वधर्मस्थे मर्यादानामसंकरे । दण्डनीतिकृते क्षेमे प्रजानामकुतोभये ॥
English Scholarly Translation
When the four orders perform their respective duties, when all healthy restrictions are kept up, when peace and happiness emanate from the science of punishment when the people are shorn of all fear, and the three higher orders try according to their respective duties, to preserve harmony people become truly happy at such times.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
चातुर्वर्ण्ये
Lemma: चातुर्वर्ण्य
POS: n
स्वधर्मस्थे
Lemma: स्वधर्म
POS: m
स्वधर्मस्थे
Lemma: स्थ
POS: adj
मर्यादानाम्
Lemma: मर्यादा
POS: f
असंकरे
Lemma: असंकर
POS: m
दण्डनीतिकृते
Lemma: दण्डनीति
POS: f
दण्डनीतिकृते
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā.
क्षेमे
Lemma: क्षेम
POS: mn
प्रजानाम्
Lemma: प्रजा
POS: f
अकुतोभये
Lemma: अकुतोभय
POS: adj
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.70.5. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.