Shloka 25.19Unverified draft
सरीसृपाश्च कीटाश्च मा भूवन्गहने तव। महाद्विपाश्च सिंहाश्च व्याघ्रा ऋक्षाश्च दंष्ट्रिणः ।।2.25.19।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sarīsṛpāḥ | सरीसृपाः | creeping creatures, reptiles | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| kīṭāḥ | कीटाः | insects | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| mā | मा | let not | prohibitive particle |
| bhūvan | भूवन् | may they be, arise | verb, prohibitive |
| gahane | गहने | in the dense (forest) | locative |
| tava | तव | your | genitive |
| mahādvipāḥ | महाद्विपाः | great elephants | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| siṃhāḥ | सिंहाः | lions | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| vyāghrāḥ | व्याघ्राः | tigers | nominative |
| ṛkṣāḥ | ऋक्षाः | bears | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| daṃṣṭriṇaḥ | दंष्ट्रिणः | tusked, fanged creatures | nominative adjective |
Reference: 2.25.19 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa