Shloka 21.56Unverified draft
अहं हि ते लक्ष्मण नित्यमेव जानामि भक्तिं च पराक्रमं च। मम त्वभिप्रायमसन्निरीक्ष्य मात्रा सहाभ्यर्दसि मां सुदुःखम् ।।2.21.56।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| aham | अहम् | I | nominative |
| hi | हि | indeed | particle |
| te | ते | your | genitive |
| lakṣmaṇa | लक्ष्मण | O Lakshmana | vocative |
| nityam | नित्यम् | always | adverb |
| eva | एव | indeed | particle |
| jānāmi | जानामि | I know | verb, present |
| bhaktim | भक्तिम् | devotion | accusative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| parākramam | पराक्रमम् | prowess | accusative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| mama | मम | my | genitive |
| tu | तु | but | particle |
| abhiprāyam | अभिप्रायम् | intention | accusative |
| asannirīkṣya | असन्निरीक्ष्य | without considering carefully | gerund |
| mātrā | मात्रा | with mother | instrumental |
| saha | सह | together | preposition |
| abhyardasi | अभ्यर्दसि | you afflict, distress | verb, present |
| mām | माम् | me | accusative |
| suduḥkham | सुदुःखम् | greatly, painfully | accusative adverb |
Reference: 2.21.56 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa