Canonical Ref: MBh 12.231.15
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
आश्रयो नास्ति सत्त्वस्य गुणशब्दो न चेतना । सत्त्वं हि तेजः सृजति न गुणान्वै कदाचन ॥
English Scholarly Translation
The body within which the Understanding lives, has no real existence. The body, therefore, is not the seat of the Understanding. Nature (Prakriti), endued with three qualities, is the refuge of the Understanding which exists only in the form of a sound. The Soul also is not the refuge of the Understanding. It is Desire which creates the Understanding. Desire, however, never creates the three qualities.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
आश्रयो
Lemma: आश्रय
POS: m
नास्ति
Lemma: न
POS: ind
नास्ति
Lemma: अस्
POS: 2. P. • Verb: अस्ति
सत्त्वस्य
Lemma: सत्त्व
POS: n
गुणशब्दो
Lemma: गुण
POS: mn
गुणशब्दो
Lemma: शब्द
POS: m
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
चेतना
Lemma: चेतना
POS: f
सत्त्वं
Lemma: सत्त्व
POS: n
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
तेजः
Lemma: तेजस्
POS: n
सृजति
Lemma: सृज्
POS: 2. P. • Verb: सृजति
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
गुणान्
Lemma: गुण
POS: mn
वै
Lemma: वै
POS: ind
कदाचन
Lemma: कदाचन
POS: ind
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.231.15. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.