Canonical Ref: MBh 12.96.17
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
कर्म चैतदसाधूनामसाधुं साधुना जयेत् । धर्मेण निधनं श्रेयो न जयः पापकर्मणा ॥
English Scholarly Translation
The wicked follow this practice. Even the wlicked should be subdued by fair means. It is better to sacrifice life itself in the observance of righteousness than to acquire victory by unfair means.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
कर्म
Lemma: कर्मन्
POS: n
चैतद्
Lemma: च
POS: ind
चैतद्
Lemma: एतद्
POS: pron
असाधूनाम्
Lemma: असाधु
POS: adj
असाधुं
Lemma: असाधु
POS: adj
साधुना
Lemma: साधु
POS: adj
जयेत्
Lemma: जि
POS: 9. P. • Verb: जयेत्
धर्मेण
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
निधनं
Lemma: निधन
POS: mn
श्रेयो
Lemma: श्रेयस्
POS: adj
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
जयः
Lemma: जय
POS: m
पापकर्मणा
Lemma: पाप
POS: adj
पापकर्मणा
Lemma: कर्मन्
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.96.17. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.