Shloka 109.38Unverified draft
न नास्तिकानां वचनं ब्रवीम्यहम् न चास्तिकोऽहम् न च नास्ति किञ्चन । समीक्ष्य कालं पुनरास्तिकोऽभवम् भवेय काले पुनरेव नास्तिकः ।।2.109.38।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| na | न | not | negation |
| nāstikānāṃ | नास्तिकानां | of the nihilists | genitive |
| vacanaṃ | वचनं | words | accusative |
| bravīmyaham | ब्रवीम्यहम् | I speak, I | verb, present + nominative |
| na | न | not | negation |
| cāstiko'ham | चास्तिकोऽहम् | nor am I a believer | conjunction + nominative adjective + nominative |
| na | न | not | negation |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| nāsti | नास्ति | there is not | negation + verb, present |
| kiñcana | किञ्चन | anything | indefinite accusative |
| samīkṣya | समीक्ष्य | having considered | gerund |
| kālaṃ | कालं | the occasion | accusative |
| punarāstiko'bhavam | पुनरास्तिकोऽभवम् | I became again a believer | adverb + nominative adjective + verb, past |
| bhaveya | भवेय | I might become | verb, optative |
| kāle | काले | at another time | locative |
| punareva | पुनरेव | again indeed | adverb + particle |
| nāstikaḥ | नास्तिकः | a nihilist | nominative |
Reference: 2.109.38 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa