Shloka 109.12Unverified draft
उद्विजन्ते यथा सर्पान्नरादनृतवादिनः । धर्मः सत्यं परो लोके मूलं स्वर्गस्य चोच्यते ।।2.109.12।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| udvijante | उद्विजन्ते | recoil, are terrified | verb, present |
| yathā | यथा | as | particle |
| sarpānnarādanṛtavādinaḥ | सर्पान्नरादनृतवादिनः | men shrink from serpents, so from a speaker of falsehood | ablative + ablative + nominative adjective |
| dharmaḥ | धर्मः | righteousness | nominative |
| satyaṃ | सत्यं | truth | nominative |
| paro | परो | supreme | nominative adjective |
| loke | लोके | in the world | locative |
| mūlaṃ | मूलं | the root | nominative |
| svargasya | स्वर्गस्य | of heaven | genitive |
| cocyate | चोच्यते | and is declared | conjunction + verb, present passive |
Reference: 2.109.12 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa