Shloka 106.4Unverified draft
यथा मृतस्तथा जीवन् यथासति तथा सति । यस्यैष बुद्धिलाभः स्यात्परितप्येत केन सः ।।2.106.4।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| yathā | यथा | as | particle |
| mṛtastathā | मृतस्तथा | the dead, so | nominative adjective + adverb |
| jīvan | जीवन् | the living | nominative adjective |
| yathāsati | यथासति | as in misfortune | particle + locative |
| tathā | तथा | so | adverb |
| sati | सति | in prosperity | locative |
| yasyaiṣa | यस्यैष | of whom this | genitive + nominative adjective |
| buddhilābhaḥ | बुद्धिलाभः | attainment of understanding | nominative |
| syātparitapyeta | स्यात्परितप्येत | would be, might he be tormented | verb, optative + verb, optative |
| kena | केन | by what | interrogative instrumental |
| saḥ | सः | he | nominative |
Reference: 2.106.4 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa