Shloka 66.5Unverified draft
भर्तारं तं परित्यज्य का स्त्री दैवतमात्मनः । इच्चेज्जीवितुमन्यत्र कैकेय्यास्त्यक्तधर्मणः ।।2.66.5।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| bhartāraṃ | भर्तारं | her husband | accusative |
| taṃ | तं | that | accusative adjective |
| parityajya | परित्यज्य | having abandoned | gerund |
| kā | का | what | interrogative |
| strī | स्त्री | woman | nominative |
| daivatamātmanaḥ | दैवतमात्मनः | the deity of her own self | accusative + genitive |
| iccejjīvitumanyatra | इच्चेज्जीवितुमन्यत्र | would wish to live elsewhere | verb, optative + infinitive + adverb |
| kaikeyyāstyaktadharmaṇaḥ | कैकेय्यास्त्यक्तधर्मणः | except Kaikeyi, who has abandoned righteousness | genitive + genitive adjective |
Reference: 2.66.5 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa