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Ch. 1558 MBh 1558.5
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 230: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 230

MBh 12.230.5

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.230.5
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
पौरुषं कारणं केचिदाहुः कर्मसु मानवाः । दैवमेके प्रशंसन्ति स्वभावं चापरे जनाः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Regarding acts men hold that Exertion is their root. Others say that Necessity is their cause. Others, again, hold that Nature is the cause.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
पौरुषं
Lemma: पौरुष
POS: n
कारणं
Lemma: कारण
POS: n
केचिद्
Lemma: कश्चित्
POS: pron
आहुः
Lemma: अह्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: आहुः
कर्मसु
Lemma: कर्मन्
POS: n
मानवाः
Lemma: मानव
POS: m
दैवम्
Lemma: दैव
POS: n
एके
Lemma: एक
POS: pron
प्रशंसन्ति
Lemma: प्रशंस्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: प्रशंसन्ति
स्वभावं
Lemma: स्वभाव
POS: m
चापरे
Lemma: च
POS: ind
चापरे
Lemma: अपर
POS: pron
जनाः
Lemma: जन
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.230.5. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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