Canonical Ref: MBh 12.80.3
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
प्रतिकर्म पुराचार ऋत्विजां स्म विधीयते । आदौ छन्दांसि विज्ञाय द्विजानां श्रुतमेव च ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Bhishma said It is laid down for those Brahmanas who are competent to officiate as priests that they should know the Chhandas including the Samans, and all the rites laid down in the Shrutis, and that they should be able to perform all such religious acts as secure the prosperity of the king.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
प्रतिकर्म
Lemma: प्रति
POS: ind
प्रतिकर्म
Lemma: कर्मन्
POS: n
पुराचार
Lemma: पुरा
POS: ind
पुराचार
Lemma: आचार
POS: m
ऋत्विजां
Lemma: ऋत्विज्
POS: m
स्म
Lemma: स्म
POS: ind
विधीयते
Lemma: विधा
POS: 3. Ā. • Verb: विधीयते
आदौ
Lemma: आदि
POS: m
छन्दांसि
Lemma: छन्दस्
POS: n
विज्ञाय
Lemma: विज्ञा
POS: 9. Ā.
द्विजानां
Lemma: द्विज
POS: m
श्रुतम्
Lemma: श्रुत
POS: n
एव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
च
Lemma: च
POS: ind
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.80.3. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.