Shloka 42.17Unverified draft

उत्थास्यति च मेदिन्याः कृपणः पांसुकुण्ठितः । विनिश्श्वसन्प्रस्रवणात्करेणूनामिवर्षभः ।।2.42.17।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
utthāsyatiउत्थास्यतिwill riseverb, future
caचandconjunction
medinyāḥमेदिन्याःfrom the groundgenitive
kṛpaṇaḥकृपणःpitiablenominative adjective
pāṃsukuṇṭhitaḥपांसुकुण्ठितःcovered with dustnominative adjective
viniśśvasanprasravaṇātkareṇūnāmivarṣabhaḥविनिश्श्वसन्प्रस्रवणात्करेणूनामिवर्षभःsighing, like a bull elephant apart from the streams (its herd of cow-elephants)nominative present participle + ablative + genitive + comparison + nominative

Reference: 2.42.17 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa