Canonical Ref: VR 4.18.16
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
चपलश्चपलैः सार्धं वानरैरकृतात्मभिः । जात्यन्ध इव जात्यन्धैर्मन्त्रयन्द्रक्ष्यसे नु किम् ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
capalaścapalaiḥ sārdhaṃ vānarairakṛtātmabhiḥ | jātyandha iva jātyandhairmantrayandrakṣyase nu kim ||
English Scholarly Translation
Fickle as you are, how canst you comprehend what is proper, consulting with your monkey companions who are equally stupid and lighthearted, like to one, born blind, leading with another such?
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
चपलश्
Lemma: चपल
POS: adj
चपलैः
Lemma: चपल
POS: adj
सार्धं
Lemma: सार्धम्
POS: ind
वानरैर्
Lemma: वानर
POS: m
अकृतात्मभिः
Lemma: अकृतात्मन्
POS: adj
जात्यन्ध
Lemma: जात्यन्ध
POS: adj
इव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
जात्यन्धैर्
Lemma: जात्यन्ध
POS: adj
मन्त्रयन्
Lemma: मन्त्रय्
POS: Denom. Ā.
द्रक्ष्यसे
Lemma: दृश्
POS: 6. P. • Verb: द्रक्ष्यसे
नु
Lemma: नु
POS: ind
किम्
Lemma: क
POS: pron
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 4.18.16. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.