Canonical Ref: MBh 13.45.20
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
यो मनुष्यः स्वकं पुत्रं विक्रीय धनमिच्छति । कन्यां वा जीवितार्थाय यः शुल्केन प्रयच्छति ॥
English Scholarly Translation
That man who acquires riches by selling his own son, or who bestows his daughter after accepting a dower for his own livelihood, has to sink in seven dreadful hells one after another, known by the name of Kalas. There that wretch has to feed upon sweat and urine and stools during that period.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
यो
Lemma: यद्
POS: pron
मनुष्यः
Lemma: मनुष्य
POS: m
स्वकं
Lemma: स्वक
POS: adj
पुत्रं
Lemma: पुत्र
POS: m
विक्रीय
Lemma: विक्री
POS: 1. P.
धनम्
Lemma: धन
POS: n
इच्छति
Lemma: इष्
POS: 1. P. • Verb: इच्छति
कन्यां
Lemma: कन्या
POS: f
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
जीवितार्थाय
Lemma: जीवित
POS: n
जीवितार्थाय
Lemma: अर्थ
POS: mn
यः
Lemma: यद्
POS: pron
शुल्केन
Lemma: शुल्क
POS: mn
प्रयच्छति
Lemma: प्रयम्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: प्रयच्छति
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.45.20. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.