Shloka 111.5Unverified draft
इमा हि ते परिषदः श्रेणयश्च द्विजास्तथा । एषु तात चरन् धर्मं नातिवर्तेः सताङ्गतिम् ।।2.111.5।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| imā | इमा | these | nominative adjective |
| hi | हि | indeed | particle |
| te | ते | your | genitive |
| pariṣadaḥ | परिषदः | assemblies, councils | nominative |
| śreṇayaśca | श्रेणयश्च | and the guilds | nominative + conjunction |
| dvijāstathā | द्विजास्तथा | and the twice-born likewise | nominative + adverb |
| eṣu | एषु | among these | locative adjective |
| tāta | तात | O dear child | vocative |
| caran | चरन् | conducting yourself | present participle |
| dharmaṃ | धर्मं | righteousness | accusative |
| nātivarteḥ | नातिवर्तेः | you should not transgress | negation + verb, present |
| satāṅgatim | सताङ्गतिम् | the course of the virtuous | accusative |
Reference: 2.111.5 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa