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Ch. 1509 MBh 1509.6
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 181: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 181

MBh 12.181.6

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.181.6
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
ब्राह्मणानां सितो वर्णः क्षत्रियाणां तु लोहितः । वैश्यानां पीतको वर्णः शूद्राणामसितस्तथा ॥
English Scholarly Translation
The complexion of the Brahmanas was white; that of the Kshatriyas was red; that of the Vaishyas yellow; and that of the Shudras was black.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
ब्राह्मणानां
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
सितो
Lemma: सित
POS: adj
वर्णः
Lemma: वर्ण
POS: mn
क्षत्रियाणां
Lemma: क्षत्रिय
POS: m
तु
Lemma: तु
POS: ind
लोहितः
Lemma: लोहित
POS: adj
वैश्यानां
Lemma: वैश्य
POS: m
पीतको
Lemma: पीतक
POS: adj
वर्णः
Lemma: वर्ण
POS: mn
शूद्राणाम्
Lemma: शूद्र
POS: m
असितस्तथा
Lemma: असित
POS: adj
असितस्तथा
Lemma: तथा
POS: ind
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.181.6. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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