Shloka 108.7Unverified draft
पित्र्यं राज्यं परित्यज्य स नार्हसि नरोत्तम । आस्थातुं कापथं दुःखं विषमं बहुकण्टकम् ।।2.108.7।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| pitryaṃ | पित्र्यं | ancestral | accusative adjective |
| rājyaṃ | राज्यं | kingdom | accusative |
| parityajya | परित्यज्य | having abandoned | gerund |
| sa | स | you | nominative |
| nārhasi | नार्हसि | you ought not | negation + verb, present |
| narottama | नरोत्तम | O best of men | vocative |
| āsthātuṃ | आस्थातुं | to walk upon | infinitive |
| kāpathaṃ | कापथं | a bad path | accusative |
| duḥkhaṃ | दुःखं | sorrowful | accusative adjective |
| viṣamaṃ | विषमं | uneven, treacherous | accusative adjective |
| bahukaṇṭakam | बहुकण्टकम् | full of many thorns | accusative adjective |
Reference: 2.108.7 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa