Shloka 42.16Unverified draft
स नूनं क्वचिदेवाद्य वृक्षमूलमुपाश्रितः । काष्ठं वा यदि वाऽश्मानमुपधाय शयिष्यते ।।2.42.16।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sa | स | he | nominative |
| nūnaṃ | नूनं | surely | adverb |
| kvacidevādya | क्वचिदेवाद्य | somewhere indeed today | adverb + particle + adverb |
| vṛkṣamūlamupāśritaḥ | वृक्षमूलमुपाश्रितः | having taken shelter at the root of a tree | accusative + nominative adjective |
| kāṣṭhaṃ | काष्ठं | a piece of wood | accusative |
| vā | वा | or | conjunction |
| yadi | यदि | if | conjunction |
| vā'śmānamupadhāya | वाऽश्मानमुपधाय | or having placed a stone (as a pillow) | conjunction + accusative + gerund |
| śayiṣyate | शयिष्यते | will lie down | verb, future |
Reference: 2.42.16 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa