Canonical Ref: MBh 12.89.6
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
जलौकावत्पिबेद्राष्ट्रं मृदुनैव नराधिप । व्याघ्रीव च हरेत्पुत्रमदष्ट्वा मा पतेदिति ॥
English Scholarly Translation
The king should act like the leech taking blood mildly. He should treat his subjects like a tigress carrying her cubs, touching them with her teeth but never cutting them therewith.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
जलौकावत्
Lemma: जलौका
POS: f
जलौकावत्
Lemma: वत्
POS: ind
पिबेद्
Lemma: पा
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: पिबेत्
राष्ट्रं
Lemma: राष्ट्र
POS: mn
मृदुनैव
Lemma: मृदु
POS: adj
मृदुनैव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
नराधिप
Lemma: नराधिप
POS: m
व्याघ्रीव
Lemma: व्याघ्री
POS: f
व्याघ्रीव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
च
Lemma: च
POS: ind
हरेत्
Lemma: हृ
POS: 2. P. • Verb: हरेत्
पुत्रम्
Lemma: पुत्र
POS: m
अदष्ट्वा
Lemma: अदष्ट्वा
POS: ind
मा
Lemma: मा
POS: ind
पतेद्
Lemma: पत्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: पतेत्
इति
Lemma: इति
POS: ind
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.89.6. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.