Shloka 63.22Unverified draft
निपाने महिषं रात्रौ गजं वाभ्यागतं नदीम् । अन्यं वा श्वापदं कञ्चित् जिघांसुरजितेन्द्रियः । तस्मिंस्तत्राहमेकान्ते रात्रौ विवृतकार्मुकः ।।2.63.22।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| nipāne | निपाने | at a drinking-place | locative |
| mahiṣaṃ | महिषं | a buffalo | accusative |
| rātrau | रात्रौ | at night | locative |
| gajaṃ | गजं | an elephant | accusative |
| vābhyāgataṃ | वाभ्यागतं | or having come | conjunction + accusative adjective |
| nadīm | नदीम् | to the river | accusative |
| anyaṃ | अन्यं | another | accusative adjective |
| vā | वा | or | conjunction |
| śvāpadaṃ | श्वापदं | a wild beast | accusative |
| kañcit | कञ्चित् | some | accusative indefinite pronoun |
| jighāṃsurajitendriyaḥ | जिघांसुरजितेन्द्रियः | wishing to kill, my senses unconquered | nominative adjective + nominative adjective |
| tasmiṃstatrāhamekānte | तस्मिंस्तत्राहमेकान्ते | in that solitary place, there, I | locative + adverb + nominative |
| rātrau | रात्रौ | at night | locative |
| vivṛtakārmukaḥ | विवृतकार्मुकः | with bow drawn ready | nominative adjective |
Reference: 2.63.22 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa