Shloka 22.40Unverified draft

परिष्वज्य दशग्रीवमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् । मया क्रीड महाराज सीतया किं तवानया ।।5.22.40।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
pariṣvajya daśagrīvamidaṃ vacanamabravītपरिष्वज्य दशग्रीवमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्embraced the ten-necked one and said these wordsgerund + accusative compound + accusative pronoun + accusative + verb
mayā krīḍa mahārāja sītayā kiṃ tavānayāमया क्रीड महाराज सीतया किं तवानया'sport with me, great king; what do you want with this Sītāinstrumental pronoun + imperative + vocative compound + instrumental name + interrogative + genitive pronoun + instrumental pronoun

Reference: 5.22.40 · Sundara Kāṇḍa