Shloka 64.25Unverified draft

सप्तधा तु फलेन्मूर्धा मुनौ तपसि तिष्ठति । ज्ञानाद्विसृजतः शस्त्रं तादृशे ब्रह्मवादिनि ।।2.64.25।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
saptadhāसप्तधाinto seven piecesadverb
tuतुbutparticle
phalenmūrdhāफलेन्मूर्धाthe head would splitverb, optative + nominative
munauमुनौwhen a sagelocative absolute
tapasiतपसिin austeritylocative
tiṣṭhatiतिष्ठतिabideslocative present participle
jñānādvisṛjataḥज्ञानाद्विसृजतःof one who releases a weapon knowinglyablative + genitive present participle
śastraṃशस्त्रंweaponaccusative
tādṛśeतादृशेagainst such a onelocative adjective
brahmavādiniब्रह्मवादिनिa speaker of the sacred word, a knower of brahmanlocative adjective

Reference: 2.64.25 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa