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Ch. 1608 MBh 1608.6
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MBh • Parva 12 • Adhyāya 280: Śāntiparva Adhyāya 280

MBh 12.280.6

Canonical Ref: MBh 12.280.6
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
वर्णोत्कर्षमवाप्नोति नरः पुण्येन कर्मणा । दुर्लभं तमलब्धा हि हन्यात्पापेन कर्मणा ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Man attains to a superior colour by pious deeds. Unable to acquire a superior colour for such acquisition is highly difficult, a person, by doing sinful deeds only kills himself.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
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
दुर्लभं
Lemma: दुर्लभ
POS: adj
तम्
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
अलब्धा
Lemma: अलब्धृ
POS: adj
हि
Lemma: हि
POS: ind
हन्यात्
Lemma: हन्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: हन्यात्
पापेन
Lemma: पाप
POS: adj
कर्मणा
Lemma: कर्मन्
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.280.6. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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