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Ch. 1689 MBh 1689.22
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MBh • Parva 13 • Adhyāya 8: Anuśāsanaparva Adhyāya 8

MBh 13.8.22

Canonical Ref: MBh 13.8.22
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
नारी तु पत्यभावे वै देवरं कुरुते पतिम् । पृथिवी ब्राह्मणालाभे क्षत्रियं कुरुते पतिम् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
A woman, in the absence of her husband, takes his younger brother for her lord; so the Earth, not having obtained Brahmana, made the Kshatriya her king.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
नारी
Lemma: नारी
POS: f
तु
Lemma: तु
POS: ind
पत्यभावे
Lemma: पति
POS: m
पत्यभावे
Lemma: अभाव
POS: m
वै
Lemma: वै
POS: ind
देवरं
Lemma: देवर
POS: m
कुरुते
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā. • Verb: कुरुते
पतिम्
Lemma: पति
POS: m
पृथिवी
Lemma: पृथिवी
POS: f
ब्राह्मणालाभे
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
ब्राह्मणालाभे
Lemma: अलाभ
POS: m
क्षत्रियं
Lemma: क्षत्रिय
POS: m
कुरुते
Lemma: कृ
POS: 2. Ā. • Verb: कुरुते
पतिम्
Lemma: पति
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.8.22. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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