Canonical Ref: MBh 12.140.32
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
नैवोग्रं नैव चानुग्रं धर्मेणेह प्रशस्यते । उभयं न व्यतिक्रामेदुग्रो भूत्वा मृदुर्भव ॥
English Scholarly Translation
A king should neither be severe nor mild. If he rules fairly he deserves praise. A king should not renounce both that qualities; on the other hand, becoming severe when (it is necessary), he should be mild when it is necessary to be so.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
नैवोग्रं
Lemma: न
POS: ind
नैवोग्रं
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
नैवोग्रं
Lemma: उग्र
POS: adj
नैव
Lemma: न
POS: ind
नैव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
चानुग्रं
Lemma: च
POS: ind
चानुग्रं
Lemma: अनुग्र
POS: adj
धर्मेणेह
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
धर्मेणेह
Lemma: इह
POS: ind
प्रशस्यते
Lemma: प्रशंस्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: प्रशस्यते
उभयं
Lemma: उभय
POS: adj
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
व्यतिक्रामेद्
Lemma: व्यतिक्रम्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: व्यतिक्रामेत्
उग्रो
Lemma: उग्र
POS: adj
भूत्वा
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā.
मृदुर्
Lemma: मृदु
POS: adj
भव
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भव
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.140.32. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.