Canonical Ref: MBh 13.6.4
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
दैवमानुषयोः किं स्वित्कर्मणोः श्रेष्ठमित्युत । पुरा वसिष्ठो भगवान्पितामहमपृच्छत ॥
English Scholarly Translation
In days of yore the worshipful Vasishta enquired of Brahman as to which among these two, viz., the Karma of a creature acquired in this life, or that acquired in pristine lives (and called Destiny), is the more powerful in shaping his life.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
दैवमानुषयोः
Lemma: दैव
POS: adj
दैवमानुषयोः
Lemma: मानुष
POS: adj
किं
Lemma: क
POS: pron
स्वित्
Lemma: स्विद्
POS: ind
कर्मणोः
Lemma: कर्मन्
POS: n
श्रेष्ठम्
Lemma: श्रेष्ठ
POS: adj
इत्युत
Lemma: इति
POS: ind
इत्युत
Lemma: उत
POS: ind
पुरा
Lemma: पुरा
POS: ind
वसिष्ठो
Lemma: वसिष्ठ
POS: m
भगवान्
Lemma: भगवत्
POS: adj
पितामहम्
Lemma: पितामह
POS: m
अपृच्छत
Lemma: प्रच्छ्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: अपृच्छत
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.6.4. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.