Shloka 18.21Unverified draft
प्रियं त्वामप्रियं वक्तुं वाणी नास्योपवर्तते। तदवश्यं त्वया कार्यं यदनेनाश्रुतं मम ।।2.18.21।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| priyam | प्रियम् | beloved | accusative adjective |
| tvām | त्वाम् | you | accusative |
| apriyam | अप्रियम् | unpleasant thing | accusative |
| vaktum | वक्तुम् | to speak | infinitive |
| vāṇī | वाणी | his voice | nominative |
| na | न | not | negation |
| asya | अस्य | his | genitive |
| upavartate | उपवर्तते | comes forth, proceeds | verb, present |
| tat | तत् | that | accusative |
| avaśyam | अवश्यम् | necessarily | adverb |
| tvayā | त्वया | by you | instrumental |
| kāryam | कार्यम् | to be done | nominative gerundive |
| yat | यत् | which | relative |
| anena | अनेन | by him | instrumental |
| aśrutam | अश्रुतम् | unheard, unpromised | nominative adjective |
| mama | मम | to me | genitive |
Reference: 2.18.21 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa