Shloka 21.53Unverified draft
किं जीवितेनैह विना त्वया मे लोकेन वा किं स्वधयामृतेन। श्रेयो मुहूर्तं तव सन्निधानं ममेह कृत्स्नादपि जीवलोकात् ।।2.21.53।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kim | किम् | what use | interrogative |
| jīvitena | जीवितेन | with life | instrumental |
| iha | इह | here | adverb |
| vinā | विना | without | preposition |
| tvayā | त्वया | you | instrumental |
| me | मे | to me | dative |
| lokena | लोकेन | with the world | instrumental |
| vā | वा | or | conjunction |
| kim | किम् | what use | interrogative |
| svadhayā | स्वधया | with ancestral offerings | instrumental |
| amṛtena | अमृतेन | with immortality | instrumental |
| śreyaḥ | श्रेयः | better | nominative adjective |
| muhūrtam | मुहूर्तम् | for a moment | accusative adverb |
| tava | तव | your | genitive |
| sannidhānam | सन्निधानम् | presence | nominative |
| mama | मम | to me | genitive |
| iha | इह | here | adverb |
| kṛtsnāt | कृत्स्नात् | than the entire | ablative |
| api | अपि | even | particle |
| jīvalokāt | जीवलोकात् | than the world of the living | ablative |
Reference: 2.21.53 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa