Shloka 68.18Unverified draft
यद्यहं भ्रातृहन्तारं न हन्मि युधि राघवम् । ननु मे मरणं श्रेयो न चेदं व्यर्थजीवितम् ।।6.68.18।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| yadyahaṃ bhrātṛhantāraṃ na hanmi yudhi rāghavam | यद्यहं भ्रातृहन्तारं न हन्मि युधि राघवम् | if I do not kill in battle Rāghava, my brother's slayer | conditional + nominative pronoun + accusative compound + negation + verb + locative + accusative name |
| nanu me maraṇaṃ śreyo na cedaṃ vyarthajīvitam | ननु मे मरणं श्रेयो न चेदं व्यर्थजीवितम् | surely death is better for me, and not this useless life | particle + genitive pronoun + nominative + nominative comparative + negation + conjunction + nominative pronoun + nominative compound |
Reference: 6.68.18 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa