Canonical Ref: MBh 12.251.7
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अपापवादी भवति यदा भवति धर्मवित् । धर्मस्य निष्ठा स्वाचारस्तमेवाश्रित्य भोत्स्यसे ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Some hold that sinful wights can never be purged of their sins. In times of difficulty a person by even speaking an untruth acquires the merit of speaking the truth. So a person who performs a sinful act acquires by that very means the merit of having done a pious act. Conduct is the refuge of righteousness. Helped by it you should know what righteousness is.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
अपापवादी
Lemma: अपाप
POS: adj
अपापवादी
Lemma: वादिन्
POS: adj
भवति
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भवति
यदा
Lemma: यदा
POS: ind
भवति
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भवति
धर्मवित्
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
धर्मवित्
Lemma: विद्
POS: adj
धर्मस्य
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
निष्ठा
Lemma: निष्ठा
POS: f
स्वाचारस्तम्
Lemma: सु
POS: ind
स्वाचारस्तम्
Lemma: आचार
POS: m
स्वाचारस्तम्
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
एवाश्रित्य
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
एवाश्रित्य
Lemma: आश्रि
POS: 1. Ā.
भोत्स्यसे
Lemma: बुध्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भोत्स्यसे
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.251.7. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.