Shloka 53.8Unverified draft
अनाथश्च हि वृद्धश्च मया चैव विनाकृतः । किं करिष्यति कामात्मा कैकेयी वशमागतः ।।2.53.8।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| anāthaśca | अनाथश्च | and without protector | nominative adjective |
| hi | हि | indeed | particle |
| vṛddhaśca | वृद्धश्च | and aged | nominative adjective |
| mayā | मया | by me | instrumental |
| caiva | चैव | and indeed | conjunction |
| vinākṛtaḥ | विनाकृतः | deprived of | nominative adjective |
| kiṃ | किं | what | interrogative |
| kariṣyati | करिष्यति | will he do | verb, future |
| kāmātmā | कामात्मा | he whose mind is under the sway of passion | nominative adjective |
| kaikeyī | कैकेयी | Kaikeyi's | nominative used attributively |
| vaśamāgataḥ | वशमागतः | who has come under the control of | nominative adjective |
Reference: 2.53.8 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa