Shloka 120.7Unverified draft
कथं देवगणश्रेष्ठमात्मानं नावबुध्यसे । ऋतधामा वसुः पूर्वं वसूनां त्वं प्रजापतिः ।।6.120.7।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kathaṃ devagaṇaśreṣṭhamātmānaṃ nāvabudhyase | कथं देवगणश्रेष्ठमात्मानं नावबुध्यसे | how do you not know yourself to be the best of the hosts of gods? | interrogative + accusative compound + accusative + negation + verb |
| ṛtadhāmā vasuḥ pūrvaṃ vasūnāṃ tvaṃ prajāpatiḥ | ऋतधामा वसुः पूर्वं वसूनां त्वं प्रजापतिः | formerly you were Ṛtadhāmā the Vasu, the lord of creatures among the Vasus | nominative name + nominative + adverb + genitive + nominative pronoun + nominative |
Reference: 6.120.7 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa