Shloka 49.14Unverified draft
सूत इत्येव चाभाष्य सारथिं तमभीक्ष्णशः । हंसमत्तस्वरः श्रीमानुवाच पुरुषर्षभः ।।2.49.14।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sūta | सूत | O charioteer | vocative |
| ityeva | इत्येव | thus indeed | particle |
| cābhāṣya | चाभाष्य | and having addressed | conjunction + gerund |
| sārathiṃ | सारथिं | the charioteer | accusative |
| tamabhīkṣṇaśaḥ | तमभीक्ष्णशः | him, repeatedly | accusative + adverb |
| haṃsamattasvaraḥ | हंसमत्तस्वरः | whose voice was like the sweet cry of a swan | nominative adjective |
| śrīmānuvāca | श्रीमानुवाच | the illustrious one spoke | nominative adjective + verb, past |
| puruṣarṣabhaḥ | पुरुषर्षभः | the foremost of men | nominative |
Reference: 2.49.14 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa