Shloka 49.16Unverified draft

इत्युक्त्वा मैथिलीं वाक्यं प्रियार्हां प्रियवादिनीम् । अभिगम्य सुदुष्टात्मा राक्षसः काममोहितः ।।3.49.16।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
ityuktvā maithilīṃ vākyaṃ priyārhāṃ priyavādinīmइत्युक्त्वा मैथिलीं वाक्यं प्रियार्हां प्रियवादिनीम्having spoken these words to Maithilī, deserving of kindness and kind of speechparticle + gerund + accusative of person + accusative object + accusative compound adjective + accusative compound adjective
abhigamya suduṣṭātmā rākṣasaḥ kāmamohitaḥअभिगम्य सुदुष्टात्मा राक्षसः काममोहितःapproaching her, the utterly wicked rākṣasa, deluded by lustgerund + nominative compound adjective + nominative subject + nominative compound participle

Reference: 3.49.16 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa