Canonical Ref: VR 3.31.18
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
उपभुक्तं यथा वासः स्रजो वा मृदिता यथा । एवं राज्यात्परिभ्रष्टः समर्थोऽपि निरर्थकः ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
upabhuktaṃ yathā vāsaḥ srajo vā mṛditā yathā | evaṃ rājyātparibhraṣṭaḥ samartho'pi nirarthakaḥ ||
English Scholarly Translation
Like a cloth that has been worn, like a garland that has been trodden, a king that had been dethroned, although able, is of no consequence.
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
उपभुक्तं
Lemma: उपभुज्
POS: 1. P.
यथा
Lemma: यथा
POS: ind
वासः
Lemma: वासस्
POS: n
स्रजो
Lemma: स्रज्
POS: f
वा
Lemma: वा
POS: ind
मृदिता
Lemma: मृद्
POS: 9. Ā.
यथा
Lemma: यथा
POS: ind
एवं
Lemma: एवम्
POS: ind
राज्यात्
Lemma: राज्य
POS: n
परिभ्रष्टः
Lemma: परिभ्रंश्
POS: 4. Ā.
समर्थो
Lemma: समर्थ
POS: adj
ऽपि
Lemma: अपि
POS: ind
निरर्थकः
Lemma: निरर्थक
POS: adj
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 3.31.18. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.