Shloka 22.16Unverified draft
कैकेय्याः प्रतिपत्तिर्हि कथं स्यान्मम पीडने। यदि भावो न दैवोऽयं कृतान्तविहितो भवेत् ।।2.22.16।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kaikeyyāḥ | कैकेय्याः | of Kaikeyi | genitive |
| pratipattiḥ | प्रतिपत्तिः | resolve, initiative | nominative |
| hi | हि | indeed | particle |
| katham | कथम् | how | interrogative |
| syāt | स्यात् | could be | verb, optative |
| mama | मम | my | genitive |
| pīḍane | पीडने | in the affliction, distressing | locative |
| yadi | यदि | if | conjunction |
| bhāvaḥ | भावः | the disposition, occurrence | nominative |
| na | न | not | negation |
| daivaḥ | दैवः | of divine origin, fate | nominative adjective |
| ayam | अयम् | this | nominative |
| kṛtāntavihitaḥ | कृतान्तविहितः | ordained by fate | nominative adjective |
| bhavet | भवेत् | would be | verb, optative |
Reference: 2.22.16 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa