Canonical Ref: MBh 12.160.4
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
विशीर्णे कार्मुके राजन्प्रक्षीणेषु च वाजिषु । खड्गेन शक्यते युद्धे साध्वात्मा परिरक्षितुम् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Nakula said-The bow, O grand-father, known as the foremost of weapons in this world. I, however, prefer the sword, since when the bow, O king, is cut off or broken, when horses are dead or weakened, a good warrior, well-trained in the sword, can protect himself by means of his sword.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
विशीर्णे
Lemma: विशृ
POS: 4. P.
कार्मुके
Lemma: कार्मुक
POS: n
राजन्
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
प्रक्षीणेषु
Lemma: प्रक्षि
POS: 5. P.
च
Lemma: च
POS: ind
वाजिषु
Lemma: वाजिन्
POS: m
खड्गेन
Lemma: खड्ग
POS: mn
शक्यते
Lemma: शक्
POS: 4. P. • Verb: शक्यते
युद्धे
Lemma: युद्ध
POS: n
साध्वात्मा
Lemma: साधु
POS: adj
साध्वात्मा
Lemma: आत्मन्
POS: m
परिरक्षितुम्
Lemma: परिरक्ष्
POS: 1. Ā.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.160.4. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.