Shloka 44.16Unverified draft
दैवतं दैवतानां च भूतानां भूतसत्तमः । तस्य के ह्यगुणा देवि राष्ट्रे वाऽप्यथवा पुरे ।।2.44.16।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| daivataṃ | दैवतं | deity | nominative |
| daivatānāṃ | दैवतानां | of deities | genitive |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| bhūtānāṃ | भूतानां | of beings | genitive |
| bhūtasattamaḥ | भूतसत्तमः | the best of beings | nominative |
| tasya | तस्य | his | genitive |
| ke | के | what | interrogative |
| hyaguṇā | ह्यगुणा | indeed faults | particle + nominative |
| devi | देवि | O queen | vocative |
| rāṣṭre | राष्ट्रे | in the kingdom | locative |
| vā'pyathavā | वाऽप्यथवा | or even, or else | conjunction + particle + conjunction |
| pure | पुरे | in the city | locative |
Reference: 2.44.16 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa