Shloka 58.17Unverified draft
माता च मम कौसल्या कुशलं चाभिवादनम् । अप्रमादं च वक्तव्या ब्रूयाश्चैनामिदं वचः ।।2.58.17।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| mātā | माता | mother | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| mama | मम | my | genitive |
| kausalyā | कौसल्या | Kausalya | nominative |
| kuśalaṃ | कुशलं | her welfare | accusative |
| cābhivādanam | चाभिवादनम् | and salutation | conjunction + accusative |
| apramādaṃ | अप्रमादं | vigilance, care | accusative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| vaktavyā | वक्तव्या | should be told | nominative adjective |
| brūyāścaināmidaṃ | ब्रूयाश्चैनामिदं | and you should say to her, this | verb, optative + conjunction + accusative + accusative adjective |
| vacaḥ | वचः | word | accusative |
Reference: 2.58.17 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa