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Ch. 1407 MBh 1407.2
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 79: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 79

MBh 12.79.2

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.79.2
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
व्याख्याता क्षत्रधर्मेण वृत्तिरापत्सु भारत । कथंचिद्वैश्यधर्मेण जीवेद्वा ब्राह्मणो न वा ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Yudhishthira said "It is said that in seasons of distress a Brahmana may support himself by following Kshatriya duties. But can be, however, at any time, maintain himself by following the duties of the Vaishyas?”

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
व्याख्याता
Lemma: व्याख्या
POS: 2. Ā.
क्षत्रधर्मेण
Lemma: क्षत्र
POS: n
क्षत्रधर्मेण
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
वृत्तिर्
Lemma: वृत्ति
POS: f
आपत्सु
Lemma: आपद्
POS: f
भारत
Lemma: भारत
POS: m
कथंचिद्
Lemma: कथंचिद्
POS: ind
वैश्यधर्मेण
Lemma: वैश्य
POS: m
वैश्यधर्मेण
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
जीवेद्
Lemma: जीव्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: जीवेत्
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
ब्राह्मणो
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.79.2. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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