Shloka 47.6Unverified draft
यो नः सदा पालयति पिता पुत्रानिवौरसान् । कथं रघूणां स श्रेष्ठस्त्यक्त्वा नो विपिनं गतः ।।2.47.6।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| yo | यो | who | relative pronoun |
| naḥ | नः | us | accusative |
| sadā | सदा | always | adverb |
| pālayati | पालयति | protects | verb, present |
| pitā | पिता | a father | nominative |
| putrānivaurasān | पुत्रानिवौरसान् | like his own legitimate sons | accusative + comparison + accusative adjective |
| kathaṃ | कथं | how | interrogative |
| raghūṇāṃ | रघूणां | of the Raghus | genitive |
| sa | स | he | nominative |
| śreṣṭhastyaktvā | श्रेष्ठस्त्यक्त्वा | the best, having abandoned | nominative adjective + gerund |
| no | नो | us | accusative |
| vipinaṃ | विपिनं | to the forest | accusative |
| gataḥ | गतः | gone | nominative adjective |
Reference: 2.47.6 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa