Shloka 23.33Unverified draft
प्रगृहीतेन वै शत्रुं वज्रिणं वा न कल्पये। खड्गनिष्पेषनिष्पिष्टैर्गहना दुश्चरा च मे ।।2.23.33।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| pragṛhītena | प्रगृहीतेन | grasped, drawn | instrumental adjective |
| vai | वै | indeed | particle |
| śatrum | शत्रुम् | an enemy | accusative |
| vajriṇam | वज्रिणम् | wielding a thunderbolt | accusative adjective |
| vā | वा | or | conjunction |
| na | न | not | negation |
| kalpaye | कल्पये | I regard, consider | verb, present |
| khaḍganiṣpeṣaniṣpiṣṭaiḥ | खड्गनिष्पेषनिष्पिष्टैः | crushed and ground by the blows of swords | instrumental |
| gahanā | गहना | impenetrable, dense | nominative adjective |
| duścarā | दुश्चरा | hard to traverse | nominative adjective |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| me | मे | by me | genitive |
Reference: 2.23.33 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa