Canonical Ref: MBh 13.23.17
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
यदिदं ब्राह्मणा लोके व्रतिनो भुञ्जते हविः । भुक्तं ब्राह्मणकामाय कथं तत्सुकृतं भवेत् ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Yudhishinira said If Brahmanas observing the vow of celibacy in this world eat, begging the same the offerings one makes during funeral rites, I ask can the shraddha be considered wellperformed if the performer actually makes over those offerings to such Brahmanas.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
यद्
Lemma: यद्
POS: pron
इदं
Lemma: इदम्
POS: pron
ब्राह्मणा
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
लोके
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
व्रतिनो
Lemma: व्रतिन्
POS: adj
भुञ्जते
Lemma: भुज्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: भुञ्जते
हविः
Lemma: हविस्
POS: n
भुक्तं
Lemma: भुज्
POS: 6. P.
ब्राह्मणकामाय
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: n
ब्राह्मणकामाय
Lemma: काम
POS: m
कथं
Lemma: कथम्
POS: ind
तत्
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
सुकृतं
Lemma: सुकृत
POS: n
भवेत्
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भवेत्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.23.17. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.