Shloka 53.1Unverified draft
स तं वृक्षं समासाद्य सन्ध्यामन्वास्य पश्चिमाम् । रामः रमयतां श्रेष्ठैति होवाच लक्ष्मणम् ।।2.53.1।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sa | स | he | nominative |
| taṃ | तं | that | accusative adjective |
| vṛkṣaṃ | वृक्षं | tree | accusative |
| samāsādya | समासाद्य | having reached | gerund |
| sandhyāmanvāsya | सन्ध्यामन्वास्य | having performed the evening rites | accusative + gerund |
| paścimām | पश्चिमाम् | the evening, western | accusative adjective |
| rāmaḥ | रामः | Rama | nominative |
| ramayatāṃ | रमयतां | of those who delight | genitive present participle |
| śreṣṭhaiti | श्रेष्ठैति | the foremost, thus | nominative adjective + particle |
| hovāca | होवाच | spoke | verb, past |
| lakṣmaṇam | लक्ष्मणम् | to Lakshmana | accusative |
Reference: 2.53.1 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa