Shloka 99.12Unverified draft

यमेवाधातुमिच्छन्ति तापसाः सततं वने । तस्यासौ दृश्यते धूमः सङ्कुलः कृष्णवर्त्मनः ।।2.99.12।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
yamevādhātumicchantiयमेवाधातुमिच्छन्तिwhich indeed the desire to keeprelative accusative + particle + infinitive + verb, present
tāpasāḥतापसाःthe asceticsnominative
satataṃसततंalwaysadverb
vaneवनेin the forestlocative
tasyāsauतस्यासौof that, thisgenitive adjective + nominative adjective
dṛśyateदृश्यतेis seenverb, present passive
dhūmaḥधूमःsmokenominative
saṅkulaḥसङ्कुलःdensenominative adjective
kṛṣṇavartmanaḥकृष्णवर्त्मनःof the black-pathed one, of firegenitive adjective

Reference: 2.99.12 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa