Canonical Ref: MBh 13.28.3
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
क्षत्रियो यदि वा वैश्यः शूद्रो वा राजसत्तम । ब्राह्मण्यं प्राप्नुयात्केन तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥
English Scholarly Translation
There is not another man, O king, in all the worlds, who is worthier of being accosted on such topics. O best of kings, how may one, if he happens to be a Kshatriya or a Vaishya or a Shudra, succeed in acquiring the dignity of a Brahmana? You should tell nic the means. Is it by the most austere penances or by religious acts or by knowledge of the scriptures, that a person belonging to any of the three inferior castes succeeds in acquiring the dignity of Brahmana? Do tell me this, O grandfather.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
क्षत्रियो
Lemma: क्षत्रिय
POS: m
यदि
Lemma: यदि
POS: ind
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
वैश्यः
Lemma: वैश्य
POS: m
शूद्रो
Lemma: शूद्र
POS: m
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
राजसत्तम
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
राजसत्तम
Lemma: सत्तम
POS: adj
ब्राह्मण्यं
Lemma: ब्राह्मण्य
POS: n
प्राप्नुयात्
Lemma: प्राप्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: प्राप्नुयात्
केन
Lemma: केन
POS: ind
तन्मे
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
तन्मे
Lemma: मद्
POS: pron
व्याख्यातुम्
Lemma: व्याख्या
POS: 2. Ā.
अर्हसि
Lemma: अर्ह्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: अर्हसि
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.28.3. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.