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Ch. 1552 MBh 1552.54
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 224: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 224

MBh 12.224.54

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.224.54
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
तपो निःश्रेयसं जन्तोस्तस्य मूलं दमः शमः । तेन सर्वानवाप्नोति यान्कामान्मनसेच्छति ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Penance is the greatest good for living creatures. The roots of penance are tranquillity and self-control. By penance one acquires all things that he longs for in his mind.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
तपो
Lemma: तपस्
POS: n
निःश्रेयसं
Lemma: निःश्रेयस
POS: n
जन्तोस्तस्य
Lemma: जन्तु
POS: m
जन्तोस्तस्य
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
मूलं
Lemma: मूल
POS: mn
दमः
Lemma: दम
POS: m
शमः
Lemma: शम
POS: m
तेन
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
सर्वान्
Lemma: सर्व
POS: pron
अवाप्नोति
Lemma: अवाप्
POS: 5. Ā. • Verb: अवाप्नोति
यान्
Lemma: यद्
POS: pron
कामान्मनसेच्छति
Lemma: काम
POS: m
कामान्मनसेच्छति
Lemma: मनस्
POS: n
कामान्मनसेच्छति
Lemma: इष्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: इच्छति
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.224.54. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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