Canonical Ref: MBh 13.44.51
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
देवरं प्रविशेत्कन्या तप्येद्वापि महत्तपः । तमेवानुव्रता भूत्वा पाणिग्राहस्य नाम सा ॥
English Scholarly Translation
Some say that the virgin wife or widow, whose, marriage has not been consummated with her husband by actual sexual intercourse on account of his absence or death-may be allowed to unite herself with her husband's younger brother or such other relation. The husband dying before such consummation, the virginwidow may either surrender herself to her husband's younger brother or practise penances.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
देवरं
Lemma: देवर
POS: m
प्रविशेत्
Lemma: प्रविश्
POS: 4. P. • Verb: प्रविशेत्
कन्या
Lemma: कन्या
POS: f
तप्येद्
Lemma: तप्
POS: 4. Ā. • Verb: तप्येत्
वापि
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
वापि
Lemma: अपि
POS: ind
महत्
Lemma: महत्
POS: adj
तपः
Lemma: तपस्
POS: n
तम्
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
एवानुव्रता
Lemma: एव
POS: ind
एवानुव्रता
Lemma: अनुव्रत
POS: adj
भूत्वा
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā.
पाणिग्राहस्य
Lemma: पाणिग्राह
POS: m
नाम
Lemma: नाम
POS: ind
सा
Lemma: तद्
POS: pron
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.44.51. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.