Canonical Ref: MBh 12.288.32
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
आचक्षेऽहं मनुष्येभ्यो देवेभ्यः प्रतिसंचरन् । सत्यं स्वर्गस्य सोपानं पारावारस्य नौरिव ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Having walked among both human beings and the gods, I say that Truth is the only means for reaching heaven even as a ship is the only means for crossing deep.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
आचक्षे
Lemma: आचक्ष्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: आचक्षे
ऽहं
Lemma: मद्
POS: pron
मनुष्येभ्यो
Lemma: मनुष्य
POS: m
देवेभ्यः
Lemma: देव
POS: m
प्रतिसंचरन्
Lemma: प्रतिसंचर्
POS: 1. Ā.
सत्यं
Lemma: सत्य
POS: n
स्वर्गस्य
Lemma: स्वर्ग
POS: m
सोपानं
Lemma: सोपान
POS: mn
पारावारस्य
Lemma: पारावार
POS: m
नौर्
Lemma: नौ
POS: f
इव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.288.32. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.