Shloka 12.14Unverified draft
न तु रामं विना देहे तिष्ठेत्तु मम जीवितम्। तदलं त्यज्यतामेषः निश्चयः पापनिश्चये ।।2.12.14।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| na | न | not | negation |
| tu | तु | but | particle |
| rāmam | रामम् | Rama | accusative |
| vinā | विना | without | preposition |
| dehe | देहे | in the body | locative |
| tiṣṭhet | तिष्ठेत् | might remain | verb, optative |
| tu | तु | indeed | particle |
| mama | मम | my | genitive |
| jīvitam | जीवितम् | life | nominative |
| tadalam | तदलम् | enough of this | adverb |
| tyajyatām | त्यज्यताम् | let it be abandoned | verb, passive imperative |
| eṣaḥ | एषः | this | nominative |
| niścayaḥ | निश्चयः | resolve | nominative |
| pāpaniścaye | पापनिश्चये | O one of wicked resolve | vocative adjective |
Reference: 2.12.14 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa