Canonical Ref: MBh 12.252.15
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
निपानानीव गोभ्याशे क्षेत्रे कुल्येव भारत । स्मृतोऽपि शाश्वतो धर्मो विप्रहीणो न दृश्यते ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Like the small ponds at which cattle drink or the shallow canals along cultivated fields, that dry up very soon, the eternal practices laid down in the Smrities, falling into discontinuance, at last disappear for good.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
निपानानीव
Lemma: निपान
POS: n
निपानानीव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
गोऽभ्याशे
Lemma: गो
POS: mf
गोऽभ्याशे
Lemma: अभ्याश
POS: m
क्षेत्रे
Lemma: क्षेत्र
POS: mn
कुल्येव
Lemma: कुल्या
POS: f
कुल्येव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
भारत
Lemma: भारत
POS: m
स्मृतो
Lemma: स्मृ
POS: 1. Ā.
ऽपि
Lemma: अपि
POS: ind
शाश्वतो
Lemma: शाश्वत
POS: adj
धर्मो
Lemma: धर्म
POS: mn
विप्रहीणो
Lemma: विप्रहा
POS: 3. P.
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
दृश्यते
Lemma: दृश्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: दृश्यते
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.252.15. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.