Shloka 36.17Unverified draft
एवमुक्तोधिगित्येव राजा दशरथोऽब्रवीत् । व्रीडितश्च जनः सर्वः सा च तं नावबुध्यत ।।2.36.17।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| evamuktodhigityeva | एवमुक्तोधिगित्येव | thus addressed, exclaiming 'shame!' indeed | nominative adjective + interjection + particle |
| rājā | राजा | king | nominative |
| daśaratho'bravīt | दशरथोऽब्रवीत् | Dasharatha said | nominative + verb, past |
| vrīḍitaśca | व्रीडितश्च | and ashamed | nominative adjective |
| janaḥ | जनः | the people | nominative |
| sarvaḥ | सर्वः | all | nominative adjective |
| sā | सा | she | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| taṃ | तं | that | accusative |
| nāvabudhyata | नावबुध्यत | did not perceive, understand | negation + verb, past |
Reference: 2.36.17 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa