Canonical Ref: MBh 12.72.27
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
एष एव परो धर्मो यद्राजा रक्षते प्रजाः । भूतानां हि यथा धर्मे रक्षणं च परा दया ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Protection of the subject is the greatest duty of the king, since mercy for all creatures and protecting them from injury has been said to be the highest merit.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
एष
Lemma: एतद्
POS: pron
एव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
परो
Lemma: पर
POS: pron
धर्मो
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
यद्
Lemma: यत्
POS: ind
राजा
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
दण्डनीतिमान्
Lemma: दण्डनीतिमत्
POS: adj
भूतानां
Lemma: भूत
POS: mn
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
यथा
Lemma: यथा
POS: ind
धर्मे
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
रक्षणं
Lemma: रक्षण
POS: n
च
Lemma: च
POS: ind
परा
Lemma: पर
POS: pron
दया
Lemma: दया
POS: f
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.72.27. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.