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Ch. 1424 MBh 1424.16
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 96: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 96

MBh 12.96.16

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.96.16
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
यो वै जयत्यधर्मेण क्षत्रियो वर्धमानकः । आत्मानमात्मना हन्ति पापो निकृतिजीवनः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
If a Kshatriya, whose duty is to fight fairly, wins a victory by unfair means, he incurs sin thereby. Of deceitful conduct, such a person is said to destroy his ownself.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
यो
Lemma: यद्
POS: pron
वै
Lemma: वै
POS: ind
जयत्यधर्मेण
Lemma: जि
POS: 9. P. • Verb: जयति
जयत्यधर्मेण
Lemma: अधर्म
POS: m
क्षत्रियो
Lemma: क्षत्रिय
POS: m
वर्धमानकः
Lemma: वर्धमानक
POS: mn
आत्मानम्
Lemma: आत्मन्
POS: m
आत्मना
Lemma: आत्मन्
POS: m
हन्ति
Lemma: हन्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: हन्ति
पापो
Lemma: पाप
POS: adj
निकृतिजीवनः
Lemma: निकृति
POS: f
निकृतिजीवनः
Lemma: जीवन
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.96.16. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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