Shloka 35.8Unverified draft

स हि प्राप्तं न जानीते कालं कालविदां वरः । विश्वामित्रो महातेजाः किं पुनर्यः पृथग्जनः ।।4.35.8।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
sa hi prāptaṃ na jānīte kālaṃ kālavidāṃ varaḥस हि प्राप्तं न जानीते कालं कालविदां वरःeven he, best of those who know time, did not know the time had comenominative pronoun + particle + accusative participle + negation + verb + accusative + genitive plural compound + nominative
viśvāmitro mahātejāḥ kiṃ punaryaḥ pṛthagjanaḥविश्वामित्रो महातेजाः किं पुनर्यः पृथग्जनःthe mighty Viśvāmitra; how much less an ordinary personnominative subject + nominative compound adjective + interrogative + adverb + relative nominative + nominative compound

Reference: 4.35.8 · Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa