Shloka 68.1Unverified draft
तेषां हि वचनं श्रुत्वा वसिष्ठः प्रत्युवाच ह । मित्रामात्यगणान् सर्वान् ब्राह्मणांस्तानिदं वचः ।।2.68.1।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| teṣāṃ | तेषां | their | genitive |
| hi | हि | indeed | particle |
| vacanaṃ | वचनं | words | accusative |
| śrutvā | श्रुत्वा | having heard | gerund |
| vasiṣṭhaḥ | वसिष्ठः | Vasishtha | nominative |
| pratyuvāca | प्रत्युवाच | replied | verb, past |
| ha | ह | indeed | particle |
| mitrāmātyagaṇān | मित्रामात्यगणान् | the assembled friends and ministers | accusative |
| sarvān | सर्वान् | all | accusative adjective |
| brāhmaṇāṃstānidaṃ | ब्राह्मणांस्तानिदं | the brahmins, this | accusative + accusative adjective + accusative adjective |
| vacaḥ | वचः | speech | accusative |
Reference: 2.68.1 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa