Shloka 23.9Unverified draft
तयोः सुचरितं स्वार्थं शाठ्यात्परिजिहीर्षतोः। यदि नैवं व्यवसितं स्याद्धि प्रागेव राघव ।।2.23.9।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tayoḥ | तयोः | of those two | genitive |
| sucaritam | सुचरितम् | the fair-seeming conduct | nominative |
| svārtham | स्वार्थम् | for their own purpose | accusative |
| śāṭhyāt | शाठ्यात् | out of deceit | ablative |
| parijihīrṣatoḥ | परिजिहीर्षतोः | of the two intending to seize, obtain | genitive dual present participle desiderative |
| yadi | यदि | if | conjunction |
| na | न | not | negation |
| evam | एवम् | thus | adverb |
| vyavasitam | व्यवसितम् | resolved | nominative adjective |
| syāt | स्यात् | would have been | verb, optative |
| hi | हि | indeed | particle |
| prāgeva | प्रागेव | already before | adverb |
| rāghava | राघव | O descendant of Raghu | vocative |
Reference: 2.23.9 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa