Shloka 9.21Unverified draft

स गन्धस्तं महासत्त्वं बन्धुर्बन्धुमिवोत्तमम् । इत एहीत्युवाचेव तत्र यत्र स रावणः ।।5.9.21।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
sa gandhastaṃ mahāsattvaṃ bandhurbandhumivottamamस गन्धस्तं महासत्त्वं बन्धुर्बन्धुमिवोत्तमम्that scent, like a kinsman calling a dear kinsman, to that mighty onenominative pronoun + nominative + accusative pronoun + accusative compound adjective + nominative + accusative + particle + accusative adjective
ita ehītyuvāceva tatra yatra sa rāvaṇaḥइत एहीत्युवाचेव तत्र यत्र स रावणःseemed to say, 'come this way', to where Rāvaṇa wasadverb + imperative + particle + verb + particle + adverb + adverb + nominative pronoun + nominative name

Reference: 5.9.21 · Sundara Kāṇḍa