Shloka 111.19Unverified draft
आसीनस्त्वेव भरतः पौरजानपदं जनम् । उवाच सर्वतः प्रेक्ष्य किमार्यं नानुशासथ ।।2.111.19।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| āsīnastveva | आसीनस्त्वेव | sitting indeed | nominative adjective + particle + particle |
| bharataḥ | भरतः | Bharata | nominative |
| paurajānapadaṃ | पौरजानपदं | of the citizens and countrymen | accusative adjective |
| janam | जनम् | the people | accusative |
| uvāca | उवाच | spoke | verb, past |
| sarvataḥ | सर्वतः | from all sides | adverb |
| prekṣya | प्रेक्ष्य | having beheld | gerund |
| kimāryaṃ | किमार्यं | why the noble one | interrogative + accusative adjective |
| nānuśāsatha | नानुशासथ | do you not instruct, persuade | negation + verb, present |
Reference: 2.111.19 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa