Shloka 20.50Unverified draft
ममैव नूनं मरणं न विद्यते न चावकाशोऽस्ति यमक्षये मम। यदन्तकोऽद्यैव न मां जिहीर्षति प्रसह्य सिंहो रुदतीं मृगीमिव ।।2.20.50।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| mamaiva | ममैव | of me alone | genitive |
| nūnam | नूनम् | surely | adverb |
| maraṇam | मरणम् | death | nominative |
| na | न | not | negation |
| vidyate | विद्यते | exists | verb, present passive |
| na | न | not | negation |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| avakāśaḥ | अवकाशः | an opportunity, occasion | nominative |
| asti | अस्ति | there is | verb, present |
| yamakṣaye | यमक्षये | in the abode of Yama | locative |
| mama | मम | for me | genitive |
| yat | यत् | since | conjunction |
| antakaḥ | अन्तकः | death, the ender | nominative |
| adyaiva | अद्यैव | this very day | adverb |
| na | न | not | negation |
| mām | माम् | me | accusative |
| jihīrṣati | जिहीर्षति | wishes to seize | verb, present desiderative |
| prasahya | प्रसह्य | forcibly | adverb |
| siṃhaḥ | सिंहः | a lion | nominative |
| rudatīm | रुदतीम् | weeping | accusative present participle |
| mṛgīm | मृगीम् | a doe | accusative |
| iva | इव | like | particle |
Reference: 2.20.50 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa