Canonical Ref: MBh 12.151.28
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
तस्माद्वैरं न कुर्वीत दुर्बलो बलवत्तरैः । शोचेद्धि वैरं कुर्वाणो यथा वै शल्मलिस्तथा ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Thus, O foremost of kings, a weak and foolish person, by exciting the enmity of a powerful enemy, is at last compelled to repent like the Shalmali in story. Therefore, a weak person should not behave hostility with a strong person.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
तस्माद्
Lemma: तस्मात्
POS: ind
वैरं
Lemma: वैर
POS: mn
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
कुर्वीत
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā. • Verb: कुर्वीत
दुर्बलो
Lemma: दुर्बल
POS: adj
बलवत्तरैः
Lemma: बलवत्तर
POS: adj
शोचेद्धि
Lemma: शुच्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: शोचेत्
शोचेद्धि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
वैरं
Lemma: वैर
POS: mn
कुर्वाणो
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā.
यथा
Lemma: यथा
POS: ind
वै
Lemma: वै
POS: ind
शल्मलिस्तथा
Lemma: शल्मलि
POS: m
शल्मलिस्तथा
Lemma: तथा
POS: ind
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.151.28. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.