Shloka 72.45Unverified draft
कच्चिन्न परदारान्वा राजपुत्रोऽभिमन्यते । कस्मात्स दण्डकारण्ये भ्रूणहेव विवासितः ।।2.72.45।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kaccinna | कच्चिन्न | surely not | interrogative particle + negation |
| paradārānvā | परदारान्वा | another's wives, or | accusative + conjunction |
| rājaputro'bhimanyate | राजपुत्रोऽभिमन्यते | does the prince covet | nominative + verb, present |
| kasmātsa | कस्मात्स | for what reason, he | ablative interrogative + nominative adjective |
| daṇḍakāraṇye | दण्डकारण्ये | in the Dandaka forest | locative |
| bhrūṇaheva | भ्रूणहेव | like the slayer of an embryo | nominative adjective + particle |
| vivāsitaḥ | विवासितः | banished | nominative adjective |
Reference: 2.72.45 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa