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MBh • Parva 13 • Adhyāya 44: Anuśāsanaparva Adhyāya 44

MBh 13.44.12

Canonical Ref: MBh 13.44.12
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
ब्राह्मणी तु भवेज्ज्येष्ठा क्षत्रिया क्षत्रियस्य तु । रत्यर्थमपि शूद्रा स्यान्नेत्याहुरपरे जनाः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Of the three wives of a Brahmana. She taken from his own caste should be considered as the foremost. Likewise, of the two wives permitted to the Kshatriya, she taken from his own caste should be considered as superior. Some say that persons belonging to the three higher castes may take, only for purposes of enjoyment, wives from the lowest or the Shudra caste. Others, however, forbid the practice.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
ब्राह्मणी
Lemma: ब्राह्मणी
POS: f
तु
Lemma: तु
POS: ind
भवेज्ज्येष्ठा
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भवेत्
भवेज्ज्येष्ठा
Lemma: ज्येष्ठ
POS: adj
क्षत्रिया
Lemma: क्षत्रिया
POS: f
क्षत्रियस्य
Lemma: क्षत्रिय
POS: m
तु
Lemma: तु
POS: ind
रत्यर्थम्
Lemma: रति
POS: f
रत्यर्थम्
Lemma: अर्थ
POS: mn
अपि
Lemma: अपि
POS: ind
शूद्रा
Lemma: शूद्रा
POS: f
स्यान्नेत्याहुर्
Lemma: अस्
POS: 2. P. • Verb: स्यात्
स्यान्नेत्याहुर्
Lemma: न
POS: ind
स्यान्नेत्याहुर्
Lemma: इति
POS: ind
स्यान्नेत्याहुर्
Lemma: अह्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: आहुः
अपरे
Lemma: अपर
POS: pron
जनाः
Lemma: जन
POS: m
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.44.12. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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