Shloka 13.69Unverified draft

क्षुद्रेण पापेन नृशंसकर्मणा सुदारुणालङ्कृतवेषधारिणा । बलाभिभूता ह्यबला तपस्विनी कथं नु मे दृष्टिपथेऽद्य सा भवेत् ।।5.13.69।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
kṣudreṇa pāpena nṛśaṃsakarmaṇā sudāruṇālaṅkṛtaveṣadhāriṇāक्षुद्रेण पापेन नृशंसकर्मणा सुदारुणालङ्कृतवेषधारिणाby that vile, sinful one of cruel deeds, who wears a most fearsome yet ornate guiseinstrumental adjectives + instrumental compound adjective + instrumental compound adjective
balābhibhūtā hyabalā tapasvinī kathaṃ nu me dṛṣṭipathe'dya sā bhavetबलाभिभूता ह्यबला तपस्विनी कथं नु मे दृष्टिपथेऽद्य सा भवेत्overpowered by force, the helpless, suffering woman: how may she come into my sight today?'nominative compound participle + particle + nominative + nominative adjective + interrogative + particle + genitive pronoun + locative compound + adverb + nominative pronoun + optative verb

Reference: 5.13.69 · Sundara Kāṇḍa