Shloka 41.4Unverified draft
कौसल्यायां महातेजाः यथा मातरि वर्तते । तथा यो वर्ततेऽस्मासु महात्मा क्व नु गच्छति ।।2.41.4।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kausalyāyāṃ | कौसल्यायां | towards Kausalya | locative |
| mahātejāḥ | महातेजाः | of great splendor | nominative adjective |
| yathā | यथा | as | adverb |
| mātari | मातरि | towards his mother | locative |
| vartate | वर्तते | he behaves | verb, present |
| tathā | तथा | so | adverb |
| yo | यो | who | relative pronoun |
| vartate'smāsu | वर्ततेऽस्मासु | behaves towards us | verb, present + locative |
| mahātmā | महात्मा | the great-souled one | nominative |
| kva | क्व | where | interrogative |
| nu | नु | indeed | particle |
| gacchati | गच्छति | does he go | verb, present |
Reference: 2.41.4 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa