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Ch. 1542 MBh 1542.2
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 214: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 214

MBh 12.214.2

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.214.2
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
द्विजातयो व्रतोपेता यदिदं भुञ्जते हविः । अन्नं ब्राह्मणकामाय कथमेतत्पितामह ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Yudhisthira said The three twice-born classes, who perform sacrifices and other rites, some times eat the remnants, consisting of meat and wine, of sacrifices in honour of the gods, from motives of obtaining children and heaven. What, O grandfather, is the nature of this act?

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
द्विजातयो
Lemma: द्विजाति
POS: m
व्रतोपेता
Lemma: व्रत
POS: n
व्रतोपेता
Lemma: उपे
POS: 2. Ā.
यद्
Lemma: यद्
POS: pron
इदं
Lemma: इदम्
POS: pron
भुञ्जते
Lemma: भुज्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: भुञ्जते
हविः
Lemma: हविस्
POS: n
अन्नं
Lemma: अन्न
POS: n
ब्राह्मणकामाय
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
ब्राह्मणकामाय
Lemma: काम
POS: m
कथम्
Lemma: कथम्
POS: ind
एतत्
Lemma: एतद्
POS: pron
पितामह
Lemma: पितामह
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.214.2. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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