Shloka 5.3Unverified draft

निविष्टायां तु सेनायां तीरे नदनदीपतेः । पार्श्वस्थं लक्ष्मणं दृष्ट्वा रामो वचनमब्रवीत् ।।6.5.3।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
niviṣṭāyāṃ tu senāyāṃ tīre nadanadīpateḥनिविष्टायां तु सेनायां तीरे नदनदीपतेःwhen the army had camped on the shore of the lord of rivers and streamslocative absolute participle + particle + locative + locative + genitive compound
pārśvasthaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmo vacanamabravītपार्श्वस्थं लक्ष्मणं दृष्ट्वा रामो वचनमब्रवीत्seeing Lakṣmaṇa at his side, Rāma saidaccusative compound adjective + accusative name + gerund + nominative name + accusative + verb

Reference: 6.5.3 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa