Shloka 10.12Unverified draft

स रावणं महात्मानं विजने मन्त्रिसन्निधौ । उवाच हितमत्यर्थं वचनं हेतुनिश्चितम् ।।6.10.12।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
sa rāvaṇaṃ mahātmānaṃ vijane mantrisannidhauस रावणं महात्मानं विजने मन्त्रिसन्निधौhe, to the great Rāvaṇa, in private in the presence of the ministersnominative pronoun + accusative name + accusative compound adjective + locative + locative compound
uvāca hitamatyarthaṃ vacanaṃ hetuniścitamउवाच हितमत्यर्थं वचनं हेतुनिश्चितम्spoke words that were highly beneficial and settled by reasonsverb + accusative adjective + adverb + accusative + accusative compound participle

Reference: 6.10.12 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa