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Ch. 1587 MBh 1587.26
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 259: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 259

MBh 12.259.26

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.259.26
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
वित्रास्यमानाः सुकृतो न कामाद्घ्नन्ति दुष्कृतीन् । सुकृतेनैव राजानो भूयिष्ठं शासते प्रजाः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Subjects can be made honest by, being only terrorized. Good kings never kill the wicked from motives of retribution. Good kings succeed in ruling their subjects properly with the help of good conduct.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
वित्रास्यमानाः
Lemma: वित्रासय्
POS: 10. P.
सुकृतो
Lemma: सु
POS: ind
सुकृतो
Lemma: कृत्
POS: adj
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
कामाद्
Lemma: काम
POS: m
घ्नन्ति
Lemma: हन्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: घ्नन्ति
दुष्कृतीन्
Lemma: दुष्कृति
POS: adj
सुकृतेनैव
Lemma: सुकृत
POS: n
सुकृतेनैव
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
राजानो
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
भूयिष्ठं
Lemma: भूयिष्ठ
POS: adj
शासते
Lemma: शास्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: शासते
प्रजाः
Lemma: प्रजा
POS: f
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.259.26. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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