Shloka 97.4Unverified draft
यद्द्रव्यं बान्धवानां वा मित्राणां वा क्षये भवेत् । नाहं तत् प्रतिगृह्णीयां भक्षान्विषकृतानिव ।।2.97.4।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| yaddravyaṃ | यद्द्रव्यं | whatever wealth | relative accusative |
| bāndhavānāṃ | बान्धवानां | of kinsmen | genitive |
| vā | वा | or | conjunction |
| mitrāṇāṃ | मित्राणां | of friends | genitive |
| vā | वा | or | conjunction |
| kṣaye | क्षये | in the destruction | locative |
| bhavet | भवेत् | would result | verb, optative |
| nāhaṃ | नाहं | not I | negation + nominative |
| tat | तत् | that | accusative adjective |
| pratigṛhṇīyāṃ | प्रतिगृह्णीयां | would accept | verb, optative |
| bhakṣānviṣakṛtāniva | भक्षान्विषकृतानिव | as if food that has been poisoned | accusative + accusative adjective + particle |
Reference: 2.97.4 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa