Shloka 88.16Unverified draft

तस्कराचरितो मार्गो नैष वीरनिषेवितः । यथा बाणपथं प्राप्य स्थितोऽहं तव राक्षस ।।6.88.16।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
taskarācarito mārgo naiṣa vīraniṣevitaḥतस्कराचरितो मार्गो नैष वीरनिषेवितःthat is the way of thieves, not one followed by heroesnominative compound participle + nominative + negation + pronoun + nominative compound participle
yathā bāṇapathaṃ prāpya sthito'haṃ tava rākṣasaयथा बाणपथं प्राप्य स्थितोऽहं तव राक्षसnow that I stand within range of your arrows, rākṣasaparticle + accusative compound + gerund + past participle + nominative pronoun + genitive pronoun + vocative

Reference: 6.88.16 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa