Shloka 28.9Unverified draft

प्रेक्षन्तौ नगरीं लङ्कां कोटिभिर्दशभिर्वृतौ । यं तु पश्यसि तिष्ठन्तं प्रभिन्नमिव कुञ्जरम् ।।6.28.9।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
prekṣantau nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ koṭibhirdaśabhirvṛtauप्रेक्षन्तौ नगरीं लङ्कां कोटिभिर्दशभिर्वृतौgazing at the city of Laṅkā, surrounded by ten croresnominative dual present participle + accusative + accusative name + instrumental plural + instrumental plural numeral + past participle dual
yaṃ tu paśyasi tiṣṭhantaṃ prabhinnamiva kuñjaramयं तु पश्यसि तिष्ठन्तं प्रभिन्नमिव कुञ्जरम्and the one you see standing like an elephant in rutrelative accusative pronoun + particle + verb + accusative present participle + accusative participle + particle + accusative

Reference: 6.28.9 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa