Shloka 20.40Unverified draft
अतो दुःखतरं किं नु प्रमदानां भविष्यति। मम शोको विलापश्च यादृशोऽयमनन्तकः ।।2.20.40।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| ataḥ | अतः | than this | ablative |
| duḥkhataram | दुःखतरम् | more sorrowful | nominative adjective |
| kim | किम् | what | interrogative |
| nu | नु | indeed | particle |
| pramadānām | प्रमदानाम् | of women | genitive |
| bhaviṣyati | भविष्यति | will there be | verb, future |
| mama | मम | my | genitive |
| śokaḥ | शोकः | grief | nominative |
| vilāpaḥ | विलापः | lament | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| yādṛśaḥ | यादृशः | of such a kind | nominative adjective |
| ayam | अयम् | this | nominative |
| anantakaḥ | अनन्तकः | endless | nominative adjective |
Reference: 2.20.40 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa