Canonical Ref: MBh 12.137.53
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
भिषजो भेषजं कर्तुं कस्मादिच्छन्ति रोगिणे । यदि कालेन पच्यन्ते भेषजैः किं प्रयोजनम् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Why also did the gods and the Asuras in days of old kill each other in battle? If it is Time that begets happiness and misery and birth and death, why do physicians then seek to administer medicines to the sick? If it is Time that is shaping the course of everything, what need is thereof medicines,
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
भिषजो
Lemma: भिषज्
POS: m
भेषजं
Lemma: भेषज
POS: n
कर्तुं
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā.
कस्माद्
Lemma: कस्मात्
POS: ind
इच्छन्ति
Lemma: इष्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: इच्छन्ति
रोगिणे
Lemma: रोगिन्
POS: adj
यदि
Lemma: यदि
POS: ind
कालेन
Lemma: काल
POS: m
पच्यन्ते
Lemma: पच्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: पच्यन्ते
भेषजैः
Lemma: भेषज
POS: n
किं
Lemma: क
POS: pron
प्रयोजनम्
Lemma: प्रयोजन
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.137.53. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.