Shloka 57.2Unverified draft

स तु ध्यात्वा मुहूर्तं तु मन्त्रिभिः संविचार्य च । ततस्तु रावणः पूर्वदिवसे राक्षसाधिपः ।।6.57.2।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
sa tu dhyātvā muhūrtaṃ tu mantribhiḥ saṃvicārya caस तु ध्यात्वा मुहूर्तं तु मन्त्रिभिः संविचार्य चhe, having pondered a moment and deliberated with his ministersnominative pronoun + particle + gerund + accusative of time + particle + instrumental + gerund + conjunction
tatastu rāvaṇaḥ pūrvadivase rākṣasādhipaḥततस्तु रावणः पूर्वदिवसे राक्षसाधिपःthen Rāvaṇa, overlord of the rākṣasas, in the forenoonadverb + particle + nominative name + locative compound + nominative compound

Reference: 6.57.2 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa