Canonical Ref: MBh 13.23.6
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
न ब्राह्मणं परीक्षेत दैवेषु सततं नरः । कव्यप्रदाने तु बुधाः परीक्ष्यं ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Yudhishthira said It has been said that a Brahmana who is sought for the performance of a religious rite should never be examined. The learned however, hold that while performing rites for the Pitris the Brahmana who is sought to be engaged, should be examined.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
ब्राह्मणं
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
परीक्षेत
Lemma: परीक्ष्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: परीक्षेत
दैवेषु
Lemma: दैव
POS: n
सततं
Lemma: सततम्
POS: ind
नरः
Lemma: नर
POS: m
कव्यप्रदाने
Lemma: कव्य
POS: n
कव्यप्रदाने
Lemma: प्रदान
POS: n
तु
Lemma: तु
POS: ind
बुधाः
Lemma: बुध
POS: adj
परीक्ष्यं
Lemma: परीक्ष्
POS: 1. P.
ब्राह्मणं
Lemma: ब्राह्मण
POS: m
विदुः
Lemma: विद्
POS: 6. Ā. • Verb: विदुः
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.23.6. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.