वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-2, verse-10

तस्मात्तु मिथुनादेकं पुमांसं पापनिश्चयः ।
जघान वैरनिलयो निषादस्तस्य पश्यतः ॥१०॥

10. tasmāttu mithunādekaṃ pumāṃsaṃ pāpaniścayaḥ ,
jaghāna vairanilayo niṣādastasya paśyataḥ.

10. tasmāt tu mithunāt ekam pumāṃsaṃ pāpaniścayaḥ
jaghāna vairanilayaḥ niṣādaḥ tasya paśyataḥ

10. tu pāpaniścayaḥ vairanilayaḥ niṣādaḥ tasmāt
mithunāt ekam pumāṃsaṃ tasya paśyataḥ jaghāna

10. But from that pair, the hunter, whose mind was resolved on evil and who was an abode of hostility, killed one male while the sage was watching.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (pair) (from that; therefore)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• मिथुनात् (mithunāt) - from a pair, from a couple

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

• पुमांसं (pumāṁsaṁ) - a male (bird) (a male, a man)

• पापनिश्चयः (pāpaniścayaḥ) - one whose resolve is evil, evil-minded

• जघान (jaghāna) - killed, struck down

• वैरनिल्यः (vairanilyaḥ) - an abode of enmity, hostile

• निषादः (niṣādaḥ) - a hunter; one of a low caste

• तस्य (tasya) - of him (the sage) (of him, his; of that)

• पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while (the sage) was watching (seeing, watching (gen. sg.))

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (pair) (from that; therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

मिथुनात् (mithunāt) - from a pair, from a couple

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mithuna

mithuna - pair, couple, union

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single

(numeral)

पुमांसं (pumāṁsaṁ) - a male (bird) (a male, a man)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pumāṃs

pumāṁs - man, male, person

पापनिश्चयः (pāpaniścayaḥ) - one whose resolve is evil, evil-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāpaniścaya

pāpaniścaya - firm resolve in evil, evil-minded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāpa+niścaya)

• pāpa – evil, sin, wicked
  noun (neuter)
• niścaya – resolution, certainty, decision
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: ci (class 5)

जघान (jaghāna) - killed, struck down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of han

Root: han (class 2)

वैरनिल्यः (vairanilyaḥ) - an abode of enmity, hostile

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vairanilya

vairanilya - abode of enmity, hostile

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaira+nilaya)

• vaira – enmity, hostility, revenge
  noun (neuter)
• nilaya – abode, dwelling, nest
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: lī (class 4)

निषादः (niṣādaḥ) - a hunter; one of a low caste

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣāda

niṣāda - a hunter, fowler; a low caste

तस्य (tasya) - of him (the sage) (of him, his; of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while (the sage) was watching (seeing, watching (gen. sg.))

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, looking

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see), with paśyādeśa in present tense forms.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

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