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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 81: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 81

MBh 12.81.5

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.81.5
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
धर्मात्मा पञ्चमं मित्रं स तु नैकस्य न द्वयोः । यतो धर्मस्ततो वा स्यान्मध्यस्थो वा ततो भवेत् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
A righteous person, who would serve one and not both sides, is the fifth of the king's friends. Such a person follow that side on which righteousness is, and accordingly acts righteously.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
धर्मात्मा
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
धर्मात्मा
Lemma: आत्मन्
POS: m
पञ्चमं
Lemma: पञ्चम
POS: adj
मित्रं
Lemma: मित्र
POS: mn
स
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
तु
Lemma: तु
POS: ind
नैकस्य
Lemma: न
POS: ind
नैकस्य
Lemma: एक
POS: pron
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
द्वयोः
Lemma: द्वि
POS: nr
यतो
Lemma: यतस्
POS: ind
धर्मस्ततो
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
धर्मस्ततो
Lemma: ततस्
POS: ind
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
स्यान्मध्यस्थो
Lemma: अस्
POS: 2. P. • Verb: स्यात्
स्यान्मध्यस्थो
Lemma: मध्यस्थ
POS: adj
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
ततो
Lemma: ततस्
POS: ind
भवेत्
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भवेत्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.81.5. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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