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Shloka 109.34Unverified draft

यथा हि चोरः स तथा हि बुद्धः तथागतं नास्तिकमत्र विद्धि । तस्माद्धि यः शङ्क्यतमः प्रजानाम् न नास्तिकेनाभिमुखो बुधः स्यात् ।।2.109.34।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
yathāयथाasparticle
hiहिindeedparticle
coraḥचोरःa thiefnominative
saसhenominative
tathāतथाsoadverb
hiहिindeedparticle
buddhaḥबुद्धःthe enlightened onenominative
tathāgataṃतथागतंone who has arrived thus, an ascetic of that ilkaccusative adjective
nāstikamatraनास्तिकमत्रa nihilist, hereaccusative adjective + adverb
viddhiविद्धिknowverb, imperative
tasmāddhiतस्माद्धिtherefore indeedadverb + particle
yaḥयःwhorelative nominative
śaṅkyatamaḥशङ्क्यतमःmost to be suspectednominative adjective
prajānāmप्रजानाम्among the peoplegenitive
naनnotnegation
nāstikenābhimukhoनास्तिकेनाभिमुखोfacing a nihilistinstrumental + nominative adjective
budhaḥबुधःa wise mannominative
syātस्यात्should beverb, optative

Reference: 2.109.34 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa