Shloka 24

बलातिबलोपदेशः

The Instruction of Bala and Atibala

Translation

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Word by Word

• prabhātāyām: at daybreak
• prabhātāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम् / Time-location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhātā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine); Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative/अधिकरण), Ekavacana

• tu: then / indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः / Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle); contrast/emphasis

• śarvaryām: in the night
• śarvaryām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम् / Time-location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine); Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative), Ekavacana

• viśvāmitraḥ: Viśvāmitra
• viśvāmitraḥ: Karta (कर्ता / Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine); Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative), Ekavacana

• mahāmuniḥ: the great sage
• mahāmuniḥ: Karta (कर्ता / Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine); Prathamā-vibhakti, Ekavacana; कर्मधारयः (mahān muniḥ)

• abhyabhāṣata: addressed / spoke to
• abhyabhāṣata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/Past); Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; Ātmanepada; 'spoke to/addressed'

• kākutsthau: the two Kakutsthas (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa)
• kākutsthau: Karma (कर्म / Addressee-object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kākutstha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine); Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative), Dvivacana; dual referring to Rāma-Lakṣmaṇa

• śayānau: lying down
• śayānau: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √śī (धातु) → śayāna (कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्)
• Form: Puṃliṅga; Prathamā-vibhakti, Dvivacana; वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle, Ātmanepada sense) qualifying kākutsthau

• parṇa-saṃstare: on a bed of leaves
• parṇa-saṃstare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम् / Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃstara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine); Saptamī-vibhakti (Locative), Ekavacana; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (parṇānāṃ saṃstaraḥ)

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