Shloka 20.52Unverified draft
इदं तु दुःखं यदनर्थकानि मे व्रतानि दानानि च सम्यमाश्च हि। तपश्च तप्तं यदपत्यकारणात् सुनिष्फलं बीजमिवोप्तमूषरे ।।2.20.52।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| idam | इदम् | this | nominative |
| tu | तु | but | particle |
| duḥkham | दुःखम् | sorrow | nominative |
| yat | यत् | that | relative |
| anarthakāni | अनर्थकानि | fruitless, without purpose | nominative adjective |
| me | मे | my | genitive |
| vratāni | व्रतानि | vows | nominative |
| dānāni | दानानि | acts of charity | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| samyamāḥ | सम्यमाः | disciplines, restraints | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| hi | हि | indeed | particle |
| tapaḥ | तपः | austerity | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| taptam | तप्तम् | performed | nominative adjective |
| yat | यत् | which | relative |
| apatyakāraṇāt | अपत्यकारणात् | for the sake of offspring | ablative |
| suniṣphalam | सुनिष्फलम् | utterly fruitless | nominative adjective |
| bījam | बीजम् | seed | nominative |
| iva | इव | like | particle |
| uptam | उप्तम् | sown | nominative adjective |
| ūṣare | ऊषरे | in barren, saline soil | locative |
Reference: 2.20.52 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa