Canonical Ref: MBh 12.212.5
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
असंसर्गो हि भूतेषु संसर्गो वा विनाशिषु । कस्मै क्रियेत कल्पेन निश्चयः कोऽत्र तत्त्वतः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
If Liberation means dissociation from all objects of pleasure or an association with objects that are not lasting, why should then men cherish a desire for action or having set themselves to action, continue to find out the necessary means for the accomplishment of desired ends? What then is the truth.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
असंसर्गो
Lemma: असंसर्ग
POS: m
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
भूतेषु
Lemma: भूत
POS: mn
संसर्गो
Lemma: संसर्ग
POS: m
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
विनाशिषु
Lemma: विनाशिन्
POS: adj
कस्मै
Lemma: क
POS: pron
क्रियेत
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā. • Verb: क्रियेत
कल्पेन
Lemma: कल्प
POS: mn
निश्चयः
Lemma: निश्चय
POS: m
को
Lemma: क
POS: pron
ऽत्र
Lemma: अत्र
POS: ind
तत्त्वतः
Lemma: तत्त्व
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.212.5. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.