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Shloka 22.47Unverified draft

पितुः सामर्थ्यमास्थाय तत्त्वमाह महोदधिः । दण्ड एव वरो लोके पुरुषस्येति मे मतिः ।।6.22.47।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
pituḥ sāmarthyamāsthāya tattvamāha mahodadhiḥपितुः सामर्थ्यमास्थाय तत्त्वमाह महोदधिःrelying on my father's power; the great Ocean has spoken the truthgenitive + accusative + gerund + accusative + verb + nominative compound
daṇḍa eva varo loke puruṣasyeti me matiḥदण्ड एव वरो लोके पुरुषस्येति मे मतिःthe rod alone is best for a man in this world; that is my viewnominative + particle + nominative adjective + locative + genitive + particle + genitive pronoun + nominative

Reference: 6.22.47 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa