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Shloka 38.7Unverified draft

अजीवनार्हेण मया नृशंसा कृता प्रतिज्ञा नियमेन तावत् । त्वया हि बाल्यात्प्रतिपन्नमेतत् तन्मां दहेद्वेणुमिवात्मपुष्पम् ।।2.38.7।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
ajīvanārheṇaअजीवनार्हेणwho does not deserve to liveinstrumental adjective
mayāमयाby meinstrumental
nṛśaṃsāनृशंसाcruelnominative adjective
kṛtāकृताmadenominative adjective
pratijñāप्रतिज्ञाthe promisenominative
niyamenaनियमेनunder constraint, by the ruleinstrumental
tāvatतावत्so much, to that extentadverb
tvayāत्वयाby youinstrumental
hiहिindeedparticle
bālyātpratipannametatबाल्यात्प्रतिपन्नमेतत्this having been extracted since childhood, since foolishnessablative + nominative adjective + nominative
tanmāṃतन्मांthat, menominative + accusative
dahedveṇumivātmapuṣpamदहेद्वेणुमिवात्मपुष्पम्would burn like a bamboo, its own flowerverb, optative + comparison + nominative adjective

Reference: 2.38.7 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa