Shloka 9.16Unverified draft

एतन्निमित्तं वैदेही भयं नः सुमहद्भवेत् । आहृता सा परित्याज्या कलहार्थे कृतेन किम् ।।6.9.16।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
etannimittaṃ vaidehī bhayaṃ naḥ sumahadbhavetएतन्निमित्तं वैदेही भयं नः सुमहद्भवेत्because of this, Vaidehī would be a very great danger to usnominative pronoun + nominative + nominative name + nominative + genitive plural pronoun + nominative adjective + optative verb
āhṛtā sā parityājyā kalahārthe kṛtena kimआहृता सा परित्याज्या कलहार्थे कृतेन किम्she who was carried off must be given up; what use is it, done for the sake of a quarrel?past participle + nominative pronoun + nominative gerundive + locative compound + instrumental participle + interrogative

Reference: 6.9.16 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa