Canonical Ref: MBh 12.73.12
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
स्वमेव ब्राह्मणो भुङ्क्ते स्वं वस्ते स्वं ददाति च । गुरुर्हि सर्ववर्णानां ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठश्च वै द्विजः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
What the Brahmana eats is his own. The place he dwells is his own. What he gives away is his own. He deserves the respect of all the (other) orders. He is the first-born and the foremost.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
स्वम्
Lemma: स्व
POS: adj
एव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
ब्राह्मणो
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
भुङ्क्ते
Lemma: भुज्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: भुङ्क्ते
स्वं
Lemma: स्व
POS: adj
वस्ते
Lemma: वस्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: वस्ते
स्वं
Lemma: स्व
POS: adj
ददाति
Lemma: दा
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: ददाति
च
Lemma: च
POS: ind
गुरुर्
Lemma: गुरु
POS: m
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
सर्ववर्णानां
Lemma: सर्व
POS: pron
सर्ववर्णानां
Lemma: वर्ण
POS: mn
ज्येष्ठः
Lemma: ज्येष्ठ
POS: adj
श्रेष्ठश्च
Lemma: श्रेष्ठ
POS: adj
श्रेष्ठश्च
Lemma: च
POS: ind
वै
Lemma: वै
POS: ind
द्विजः
Lemma: द्विज
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.73.12. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.