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Ch. 1729 MBh 1729.42
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MBh • Parva 13 • Adhyāya 48: Anuśāsanaparva Adhyāya 48

MBh 13.48.42

Canonical Ref: MBh 13.48.42
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
पित्र्यं वा भजते शीलं मातृजं वा तथोभयम् । न कथंचन संकीर्णः प्रकृतिं स्वां नियच्छति ॥
English Scholarly Translation
A son inherits the disposition of either the father or the mother. Sometimes he inherits the dispositions of both. A person of impure birth can never succeed in concealing his true nature.

Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)

Grammatical Parsing
पित्र्यं
Lemma: पित्र्य
POS: adj
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
भजते
Lemma: भज्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भजते
शीलं
Lemma: शील
POS: mn
मातृजं
Lemma: मातृ
POS: f
मातृजं
Lemma: ज
POS: adj
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
तथोभयम्
Lemma: तथा
POS: ind
तथोभयम्
Lemma: उभय
POS: adj
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
कथंचन
Lemma: कथंचन
POS: ind
संकीर्णः
Lemma: संकृ
POS: 6. P.
प्रकृतिं
Lemma: प्रकृति
POS: f
स्वां
Lemma: स्व
POS: adj
नियच्छति
Lemma: नियम्
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: नियच्छति
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 13.48.42. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.
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