Canonical Ref: MBh 12.140.8
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
नैकशाखेन धर्मेण राज्ञां धर्मो विधीयते । दुर्बलस्य कुतः प्रज्ञा पुरस्तादनुदाहृता ॥
English Scholarly Translation
The duties of a king can never be satisfied by rules drawn from a one-sided morality. A weak king can never show wisdom for his not having drawn it from the examples before him.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
सैव
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
सैव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
वृत्तिर्
Lemma: वृत्ति
POS: f
अयज्ञेषु
Lemma: अयज्ञ
POS: m
तथा
Lemma: तथा
POS: ind
धर्मो
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
विधीयते
Lemma: विधा
POS: 3. Ā. • Verb: विधीयते
दुर्बलस्य
Lemma: दुर्बल
POS: adj
कुतः
Lemma: कुतस्
POS: ind
प्रज्ञा
Lemma: प्रज्ञा
POS: f
पुरस्ताद्
Lemma: पुरस्तात्
POS: ind
अनुदाहृता
Lemma: अनुदाहृत
POS: adj
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.140.8. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.