Shloka 38.4Unverified draft
सुकुमारी च बाला च सततं च सुखोचिता । नेयं वनस्य योग्येति सत्यमाह गुरुर्मम ।।2.38.4।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sukumārī | सुकुमारी | delicate, tender | nominative adjective |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| bālā | बाला | young | nominative adjective |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| satataṃ | सततं | constantly | adverb |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| sukhocitā | सुखोचिता | accustomed to comfort | nominative adjective |
| neyaṃ | नेयं | this one is not | negation + nominative |
| vanasya | वनस्य | of the forest | genitive |
| yogyeti | योग्येति | fit, thus | nominative adjective + particle |
| satyamāha | सत्यमाह | spoke truly | accusative + verb, past |
| gururmama | गुरुर्मम | my preceptor | nominative + genitive |
Reference: 2.38.4 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa