Shloka 3.43Unverified draft

कृपां चकार तेजस्वी मन्यमानः स्त्रियं तु ताम् । ततो वै भृशसंविग्ना लङ्का सा गद्गदाक्षरम् ।।5.3.43।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
kṛpāṃ cakāra tejasvī manyamānaḥ striyaṃ tu tāmकृपां चकार तेजस्वी मन्यमानः स्त्रियं तु ताम्the splendid one felt pity, thinking of her as a womanaccusative + verb + nominative adjective + present participle + accusative + particle + accusative pronoun
tato vai bhṛśasaṃvignā laṅkā sā gadgadākṣaramततो वै भृशसंविग्ना लङ्का सा गद्गदाक्षरम्then that Laṅkā, greatly alarmed, in a faltering voiceadverb + particle + nominative compound participle + nominative name + nominative pronoun + adverb compound

Reference: 5.3.43 · Sundara Kāṇḍa