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Ch. 1509 MBh 1509.16
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 181: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 181

MBh 12.181.16

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.181.16
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
वर्णाश्चत्वार एते हि येषां ब्राह्मी सरस्वती । विहिता ब्रह्मणा पूर्वं लोभात्त्वज्ञानतां गताः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Thus were the four castes at first created equally by Brahman who ordained for all of them the observances described (in the Vedas). Cupidity alone brought about the fall of many, who were possessed by ignorance.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
वर्णाश्चत्वार
Lemma: वर्ण
POS: mn
वर्णाश्चत्वार
Lemma: चतुर्
POS: nr
एते
Lemma: एतद्
POS: pron
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
येषां
Lemma: यद्
POS: pron
ब्राह्मी
Lemma: ब्राह्म
POS: adj
सरस्वती
Lemma: सरस्वती
POS: f
विहिता
Lemma: विधा
POS: 3. Ā.
ब्रह्मणा
Lemma: ब्रह्मन्
POS: m
पूर्वं
Lemma: पूर्वम्
POS: ind
लोभात्
Lemma: लोभ
POS: m
त्वज्ञानतां
Lemma: तु
POS: ind
त्वज्ञानतां
Lemma: अज्ञान
POS: n
त्वज्ञानतां
Lemma: ता
POS: f
गताः
Lemma: गम्
POS: 6. Ā.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.181.16. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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