Canonical Ref: MBh 12.291.9
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
वसिष्ठं श्रेष्ठमासीनमृषीणां भास्करद्युतिम् । पप्रच्छ जनको राजा ज्ञानं नैःश्रेयसं परम् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Once on a time when that foremost of Rishis, viz., Vashishtha, effulgent like the Sun, was seated at his ease, king Janaka asked him about that highest knowledge which is for our supreme behoof.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
वसिष्ठं
Lemma: वसिष्ठ
POS: m
श्रेष्ठम्
Lemma: श्रेष्ठ
POS: adj
आसीनम्
Lemma: आस्
POS: 4. P.
ऋषीणां
Lemma: ऋषि
POS: m
भास्करद्युतिम्
Lemma: भास्कर
POS: m
भास्करद्युतिम्
Lemma: द्युति
POS: f
पप्रच्छ
Lemma: प्रच्छ्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: पप्रच्छ
जनको
Lemma: जनक
POS: m
राजा
Lemma: राज
POS: m
ज्ञानं
Lemma: ज्ञान
POS: n
नैःश्रेयसं
Lemma: नैःश्रेयस
POS: adj
परम्
Lemma: पर
POS: pron
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.291.9. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.