Shloka 96.43Unverified draft

एतानचिन्तयन्घोरानुत्पातान्समुपस्थितान् । निर्ययौ रावणो मोहाद्वधार्थी कालचोदितः ।।6.96.43।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
etānacintayanghorānutpātānsamupasthitānएतानचिन्तयन्घोरानुत्पातान्समुपस्थितान्paying no heed to these dreadful portents that had appearedaccusative pronoun + negative causative participle + accusative adjective + accusative + accusative participle
niryayau rāvaṇo mohādvadhārthī kālacoditaḥनिर्ययौ रावणो मोहाद्वधार्थी कालचोदितःRāvaṇa went out in his delusion, seeking slaughter, driven by fateverb + nominative name + ablative + nominative compound adjective + nominative compound participle

Reference: 6.96.43 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa