Shloka 44.13Unverified draft
यस्येषुपदमासाद्य विनाशं यान्ति शत्रवः । कथं न पृथिवी तस्य शासने स्थातुमर्हति ।।2.44.13।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| yasyeṣupadamāsādya | यस्येषुपदमासाद्य | having reached the mark of whose arrow | genitive + accusative + gerund |
| vināśaṃ | विनाशं | destruction | accusative |
| yānti | यान्ति | go | verb, present |
| śatravaḥ | शत्रवः | enemies | nominative |
| kathaṃ | कथं | how | interrogative |
| na | न | not | negation |
| pṛthivī | पृथिवी | the earth | nominative |
| tasya | तस्य | his | genitive |
| śāsane | शासने | in the rule, command | locative |
| sthātumarhati | स्थातुमर्हति | deserves to remain | infinitive + verb, present |
Reference: 2.44.13 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa