Shloka 21.9Unverified draft
मया पार्श्वे सधनुषा तव गुप्तस्य राघव। कः समर्थोऽधिकं कर्तुं कृतान्तस्येव तिष्ठतः ।।2.21.9।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| mayā | मया | by me | instrumental |
| pārśve | पार्श्वे | at your side | locative |
| sadhanuṣā | सधनुषा | armed with a bow | instrumental adjective |
| tava | तव | you | genitive |
| guptasya | गुप्तस्य | protected | genitive adjective |
| rāghava | राघव | O descendant of Raghu | vocative |
| kaḥ | कः | who | interrogative |
| samarthaḥ | समर्थः | capable | nominative adjective |
| adhikam | अधिकम् | more | accusative adjective |
| kartum | कर्तुम् | to do | infinitive |
| kṛtāntasya | कृतान्तस्य | of death itself | genitive |
| iva | इव | like | particle |
| tiṣṭhataḥ | तिष्ठतः | standing | genitive present participle |
Reference: 2.21.9 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa