Shloka 2.12Unverified draft
अधर्मचारिणौ पापौ कौ युवां मुनिदूषकौ । अहं वनमिदं दुर्गं विराधो नाम राक्षसः ।।3.2.12।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| adharmacāriṇau | अधर्मचारिणौ | practicers of unrighteousness | nominative dual adjective |
| pāpau | पापौ | sinful | nominative dual adjective |
| kau | कौ | who (two) | interrogative pronoun, dual |
| yuvāṃ | युवां | you two | nominative pronoun |
| munidūṣakau | मुनिदूषकौ | defilers of sages | nominative dual adjective |
| ahaṃ | अहं | I | pronoun subject |
| vanamidaṃ durgaṃ | वनमिदं दुर्गं | this impenetrable forest | accusative object |
| virādho nāma | विराधो नाम | named Virādha | nominative apposition |
| rākṣasaḥ | राक्षसः | a demon | nominative predicate |
Reference: 3.2.12 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa