Canonical Ref: VR 2.61.23
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अहो तम इवेदं स्यान्न प्रज्ञायेत किंचन । राजा चेन्न भवेँल्लोके विभजन्साध्वसाधुनी ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
aho tama ivedaṃ syānna prajñāyeta kiṃcana | rājā cenna bhavem̐lloke vibhajansādhvasādhunī ||
English Scholarly Translation
If there were not a king in this world to adjudge fair and foul, darkness would overspread (the face of the earth) and people could not distinguish anything whatever. As the ocean keeps within its continent, we even while the monarch lived, did not disregard your words.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
अहो
Lemma: अहो
POS: ind
तम
Lemma: तमस्
POS: n
इवेदं
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
इवेदं
Lemma: इदम्
POS: pron
स्यान्
Lemma: अस्
POS: 2. P. • Verb: स्यात्
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
प्रज्ञायेत
Lemma: प्रज्ञा
POS: 9. Ā. • Verb: प्रज्ञायेत
किंचन
Lemma: कश्चन
POS: pron
राजा
Lemma: राजन्
POS: m
चेन्
Lemma: चेद्
POS: ind
न
Lemma: न
POS: ind
भवेल्
Lemma: भू
POS: 1. Ā. • Verb: भवेत्
लोके
Lemma: लोक
POS: m
विभजन्
Lemma: विभज्
POS: 1. Ā.
साध्वसाधुनी
Lemma: साधु
POS: adj
साध्वसाधुनी
Lemma: असाधु
POS: adj
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 2.61.23. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.