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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 186: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 186

MBh 12.186.28

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.186.28
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
पापेन हि कृतं पापं पापमेवानुवर्तते । धार्मिकेण कृतो धर्मः कर्तारमनुवर्तते ॥
English Scholarly Translation
A sin concealed by another sin begets fresh sins. Again, an act of merit increases the merit, if concealed by an act of merit. The acts of a virtuous man always follow Virtue.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
पापेन
Lemma: पाप
POS: adj
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
कृतं
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā.
पापं
Lemma: पाप
POS: n
पापम्
Lemma: पाप
POS: adj
एवानुवर्तते
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
एवानुवर्तते
Lemma: अनुवृत्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: अनुवर्तते
धार्मिकेण
Lemma: धार्मिक
POS: adj
कृतो
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā.
धर्मः
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
कर्तारम्
Lemma: कर्तृ
POS: adj
अनुवर्तते
Lemma: अनुवृत्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: अनुवर्तते
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.186.28. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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