Shloka 42.4Unverified draft
स दृष्ट्वा वानरैः सर्वां वसुधां कवलीकृताम् । कथं क्षपयितव्याः स्युरिति चिन्तापरोऽभवत् ।।6.42.4।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sa dṛṣṭvā vānaraiḥ sarvāṃ vasudhāṃ kavalīkṛtām | स दृष्ट्वा वानरैः सर्वां वसुधां कवलीकृताम् | having seen the whole earth swallowed up, as it were, by monkeys | nominative pronoun + gerund + instrumental + accusative adjective + accusative + accusative compound participle |
| kathaṃ kṣapayitavyāḥ syuriti cintāparo'bhavat | कथं क्षपयितव्याः स्युरिति चिन्तापरोऽभवत् | he became absorbed in thought: 'how can they be destroyed?' | interrogative adverb + causative gerundive + optative verb + quotative particle + nominative compound adjective + verb |
Reference: 6.42.4 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa