Shloka 57.12Unverified draft
शुश्राव च वचस्तेषां बृन्दं बृन्दं च तिष्ठताम् । हताः स्म खलु ये नेह पश्यामैति राघवम् ।।2.57.12।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| śuśrāva | शुश्राव | heard | verb, past |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| vacasteṣāṃ | वचस्तेषां | the speech of them | accusative + genitive |
| bṛndaṃ | बृन्दं | the crowd | accusative |
| bṛndaṃ | बृन्दं | crowd | accusative, repeated |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| tiṣṭhatām | तिष्ठताम् | of those standing | genitive present participle |
| hatāḥ | हताः | ruined, undone | nominative adjective |
| sma | स्म | indeed | particle |
| khalu | खलु | surely | particle |
| ye | ये | who | nominative relative pronoun |
| neha | नेह | not here | negation + adverb |
| paśyāmaiti | पश्यामैति | 'we shall see', thus | verb, future + particle |
| rāghavam | राघवम् | Rama | accusative |
Reference: 2.57.12 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa