Shloka 27.23Unverified draft

तथा ब्रुवाणामपि धर्मवत्सलो न च स्म सीतां नृवरो निनीषति। उवाच चैनां बहु सन्निवर्तने वने निवासस्य च दुःखितां प्रति ।।2.27.23।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
tathāतथाthusadverb
bruvāṇāmapiब्रुवाणामपिthough speakingaccusative present participle
dharmavatsalaḥधर्मवत्सलःone fond of righteousnessnominative adjective
naनnotnegation
caचandconjunction
smaस्मindeed (emphatic)particle
sītāmसीताम्Sitaaccusative
nṛvaraḥनृवरःthe best of mennominative
ninīṣatiनिनीषतिwishes to takeverb, present desiderative
uvācaउवाचsaidverb, past
caināmचैनाम्and to heraccusative
bahuबहुmuch, at lengthadverb
sannivartaneसन्निवर्तनेregarding turning backlocative
vaneवनेin the forestlocative
nivāsasyaनिवासस्यof dwellinggenitive
caचandconjunction
duḥkhitāmदुःखिताम्sorrowingaccusative adjective
pratiप्रतिtowards, regardingpreposition

Reference: 2.27.23 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa