Canonical Ref: MBh 12.180.16
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
शृणोति कथितं जीवः कर्णाभ्यां न शृणोति तत् । महर्षे मनसि व्यग्रे तस्माज्जीवो निरर्थकः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
The living agent hears what is said, through the ears. It is, again, the fact, O great Rishi, that the same agent hears not when the mind is elsewhere engaged. It appears, therefore, that what is called the living agent serves no purpose.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
शृणोति
Lemma: श्रु
POS: 4. P. • Verb: शृणोति
कथितं
Lemma: कथय्
POS: 10. Ā.
जीवः
Lemma: जीव
POS: m
कर्णाभ्यां
Lemma: कर्ण
POS: m
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
शृणोति
Lemma: श्रु
POS: 4. P. • Verb: शृणोति
तत्
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
श्वसित्याभाषते
Lemma: श्वस्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: श्वसिति
श्वसित्याभाषते
Lemma: आभाष्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: आभाषते
चैव
Lemma: च
POS: ind
चैव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
तस्माज्जीवो
Lemma: तस्मात्
POS: ind
तस्माज्जीवो
Lemma: जीव
POS: m
निरर्थकः
Lemma: निरर्थक
POS: adj
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.180.16. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.