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Ch. 1608 MBh 1608.4
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 280: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 280

MBh 12.280.4

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.280.4
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
आयुर्नसुलभं लब्ध्वा नावकर्षेद्विशां पते । उत्कर्षार्थं प्रयतते नरः पुण्येन कर्मणा ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Having got the allotted period of life, O king, with such difficulty, one should not diminish it. On other hand, man should always try, by righteous deeds, for his gradual advancement.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
आयुर्
Lemma: आयुस्
POS: n
नसुलभं
Lemma: न
POS: ind
नसुलभं
Lemma: सुलभ
POS: adj
लब्ध्वा
Lemma: लभ्
POS: 1. P.
नावकर्षेद्
Lemma: न
POS: ind
नावकर्षेद्
Lemma: अवकृष्
POS: 6. Ā. • Verb: अवकर्षेत्
विशां
Lemma: विश्
POS: f
पते
Lemma: पति
POS: m
उत्कर्षार्थं
Lemma: उत्कर्ष
POS: m
उत्कर्षार्थं
Lemma: अर्थ
POS: mn
प्रयतते
Lemma: प्रयत्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: प्रयतते
नरः
Lemma: नर
POS: m
पुण्येन
Lemma: पुण्य
POS: adj
कर्मणा
Lemma: कर्मन्
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.280.4. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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