Shloka 52.15Unverified draft
वैरूप्यमङ्गेषु कशाभिघातो मौण्ड्यं तथा लक्षणसन्निपातः । एतान्हि दूते प्रवदन्ति दण्डान्वधस्तु दूतस्य न नः श्रुतोऽपि ।।5.52.15।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| vairūpyamaṅgeṣu kaśābhighāto mauṇḍyaṃ tathā lakṣaṇasannipātaḥ | वैरूप्यमङ्गेषु कशाभिघातो मौण्ड्यं तथा लक्षणसन्निपातः | disfiguring the limbs, flogging, shaving the head, branding with marks | nominative + locative plural + nominative compound + nominative + adverb + nominative compound |
| etānhi dūte pravadanti daṇḍānvadhastu dūtasya na naḥ śruto'pi | एतान्हि दूते प्रवदन्ति दण्डान्वधस्तु दूतस्य न नः श्रुतोऽपि | these they prescribe as punishments for an envoy; killing an envoy we have never even heard of | accusative plural pronoun + particle + locative + verb plural + accusative plural + nominative + particle + genitive + negation + genitive plural pronoun + past participle + particle |
Reference: 5.52.15 · Sundara Kāṇḍa