Shloka 102.9Unverified draft
किं नु तस्य मया कार्यं दुर्जातेन महात्मनः । यो मृतो मम शोकेन मया चापि न संस्कृतः ।।2.102.9।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kiṃ | किं | what | interrogative |
| nu | नु | indeed | particle |
| tasya | तस्य | of him | genitive |
| mayā | मया | by me | instrumental |
| kāryaṃ | कार्यं | duty, purpose | nominative |
| durjātena | दुर्जातेन | born in evil hour, wretched | instrumental adjective |
| mahātmanaḥ | महात्मनः | of the great-souled one | genitive |
| yo | यो | who | relative nominative |
| mṛto | मृतो | died | nominative adjective |
| mama | मम | my | genitive |
| śokena | शोकेन | through grief for me | instrumental |
| mayā | मया | by me | instrumental |
| cāpi | चापि | and even | conjunction + particle |
| na | न | not | negation |
| saṃskṛtaḥ | संस्कृतः | given the funeral rites | nominative adjective |
Reference: 2.102.9 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa