Shloka 38.5Unverified draft
इयं हि कस्यापकरोति किञ्चित्तपस्विनी राजवरस्य कन्या । या चीरमासाद्य जनस्य मध्ये स्थिता विसञ्ज्ञा श्रमणीव काचित् ।।2.38.5।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| iyaṃ | इयं | this one | nominative |
| hi | हि | indeed | particle |
| kasyāpakaroti | कस्यापकरोति | does harm to whom | genitive + verb, present |
| kiñcittapasvinī | किञ्चित्तपस्विनी | in any way, the wretched, suffering one | adverb + nominative adjective |
| rājavarasya | राजवरस्य | of the best of kings | genitive |
| kanyā | कन्या | the daughter | nominative |
| yā | या | who | relative pronoun |
| cīramāsādya | चीरमासाद्य | having taken up the bark garment | accusative + gerund |
| janasya | जनस्य | of the people | genitive |
| madhye | मध्ये | in the midst | locative |
| sthitā | स्थिता | standing | nominative adjective |
| visañjñā | विसञ्ज्ञा | bereft of senses, dazed | nominative adjective |
| śramaṇīva | श्रमणीव | like a female ascetic | nominative adjective + comparison |
| kācit | काचित् | some, a certain one | nominative |
Reference: 2.38.5 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa