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Shloka 37.12Unverified draft

कथं नु चीरं बध्नन्ति मुनयो वनवासिनः । इति ह्यकुशला सीता सा मुमोह मुहुर्मुहुः ।।2.37.12।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

Word	Devanagari	Meaning	Grammatical role
kathaṃ	कथं	how	interrogative
nu	नु	indeed	particle
cīraṃ	चीरं	the bark garment	accusative
badhnanti	बध्नन्ति	do they tie, fasten	verb, present
munayo	मुनयो	sages	nominative
vanavāsinaḥ	वनवासिनः	dwelling in the forest	nominative adjective
iti	इति	thus	particle
hyakuśalā	ह्यकुशला	indeed unskilled	particle + nominative adjective
sītā	सीता	Sita	nominative
sā	सा	she	nominative
mumoha	मुमोह	was bewildered	verb, past
muhurmuhuḥ	मुहुर्मुहुः	again and again	adverb

Reference: 2.37.12 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa