Shloka 40.36Unverified draft
दृष्ट्वा तु नृपतिः श्रीमानेकचित्तगतं पुरम् । निपपातैव दुःखेन हतमूल इव द्रुमः ।।2.40.36।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| dṛṣṭvā | दृष्ट्वा | having seen | gerund |
| tu | तु | but | particle |
| nṛpatiḥ | नृपतिः | the king | nominative |
| śrīmānekacittagataṃ | श्रीमानेकचित्तगतं | the glorious one, the city gone into a single thought (of Rama) | nominative adjective + accusative adjective |
| puram | पुरम् | the city | accusative |
| nipapātaiva | निपपातैव | fell down indeed | verb, past + particle |
| duḥkhena | दुःखेन | with sorrow | instrumental |
| hatamūla | हतमूल | with roots destroyed | nominative adjective |
| iva | इव | like | particle |
| drumaḥ | द्रुमः | a tree | nominative |
Reference: 2.40.36 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa