Canonical Ref: MBh 13.5.17
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
निष्पत्रमफलं शुष्कमशरण्यं पतत्रिणाम् । किमर्थं सेवसे वृक्षं यदा महदिदं वनम् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
This tree is withered and it is without leaves and fruits, and is unfit to be the refuge of birds. Why do you then cling to it? This forest too is vast and in this wilderness there are numberless other good trees whose hollows are covered with leaves and which you can choose freely and to your heart's content.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
निष्पत्रम्
Lemma: निष्पत्त्र
POS: adj
अफलं
Lemma: अफल
POS: adj
शुष्कम्
Lemma: शुष्क
POS: adj
अशरण्यं
Lemma: अशरण्य
POS: adj
पतत्रिणाम्
Lemma: पतत्रिन्
POS: m
किमर्थं
Lemma: किमर्थम्
POS: ind
सेवसे
Lemma: सेव्
POS: 4. P. • Verb: सेवसे
वृक्षं
Lemma: वृक्ष
POS: m
यदा
Lemma: यदा
POS: ind
महद्
Lemma: महत्
POS: adj
इदं
Lemma: इदम्
POS: pron
वनम्
Lemma: वन
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.5.17. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.