वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-2, verse-27

पापात्मना कृतं कष्टं वैरग्रहणबुद्धिना ।
यस्तादृशं चारुरवं क्रौञ्चं हन्यादकारणात् ॥२७॥

27. pāpātmanā kṛtaṃ kaṣṭaṃ vairagrahaṇabuddhinā ,
yastādṛśaṃ cāruravaṃ krauñcaṃ hanyādakāraṇāt.

27. pāpātmanā kṛtam kaṣṭam vairagrahaṇabuddhinā
yaḥ tādṛśam cāruravam krauñcam hanyāt akāraṇāt

27. pāpātmanā vairagrahaṇabuddhinā,
yaḥ tādṛśam cāruravam krauñcam akāraṇāt hanyāt,
kaṣṭam kṛtam

27. What suffering has been caused by that sinful soul (ātman), whose intention was to take revenge, who would kill such a beautifully sounding krauñca bird without any reason!

Words meanings summery:

• पापात्मना (pāpātmanā) - by that sinful hunter (by the sinful soul, by the wicked one)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - has been done (suffering has been caused) (done, made)

• कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - great suffering or harm (suffering, misery, difficulty, harm)

• वैरग्रहणबुद्धिना (vairagrahaṇabuddhinā) - by one whose mind is set on taking revenge (by one whose intellect is intent on seizing hostility/revenge)

• यः (yaḥ) - referring to the sinful person (who, which)

• तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - such a (beautiful) (such, of that kind)

• चारुरवम् (cāruravam) - having a beautiful sound

• क्रौञ्चम् (krauñcam) - a krauñca bird (sarus crane)

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - would kill (should kill, may kill)

• अकारणात् (akāraṇāt) - without cause, without reason

Words meanings and morphology

पापात्मना (pāpātmanā) - by that sinful hunter (by the sinful soul, by the wicked one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāpātman

pāpātman - a wicked person, sinful soul

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāpa+ātman)

• pāpa – sin, evil, wicked
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - has been done (suffering has been caused) (done, made)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, caused

Past Passive Participle

derived from root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कष्टम् (kaṣṭam) - great suffering or harm (suffering, misery, difficulty, harm)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kaṣṭa

kaṣṭa - suffering, misery, pain, difficulty, injury

वैरग्रहणबुद्धिना (vairagrahaṇabuddhinā) - by one whose mind is set on taking revenge (by one whose intellect is intent on seizing hostility/revenge)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vairagrahaṇabuddhi

vairagrahaṇabuddhi - an intention to seize hostility/revenge; one whose mind is bent on revenge

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vaira+grahaṇa+buddhi)

• vaira – hostility, enmity, revenge
  noun (neuter)
• grahaṇa – taking, seizing, capturing
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun from root grah (to seize)
  Root: grah (class 9)
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, intention
  noun (feminine)

यः (yaḥ) - referring to the sinful person (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तादृशम् (tādṛśam) - such a (beautiful) (such, of that kind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, of that kind, like that

चारुरवम् (cāruravam) - having a beautiful sound

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cārurava

cārurava - having a beautiful voice or sound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (cāru+rava)

• cāru – beautiful, lovely, pleasing
  adjective (masculine)
• rava – sound, cry, roar
  noun (masculine)

क्रौञ्चम् (krauñcam) - a krauñca bird (sarus crane)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krauñca

krauñca - the sarus crane (a type of bird)

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - would kill (should kill, may kill)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of han

Optative Mood

3rd person singular active optative

Root: han (class 2)

अकारणात् (akāraṇāt) - without cause, without reason

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of akāraṇa

akāraṇa - without cause, without reason, causeless

Compound type : nah-tatpurusha (a+kāraṇa)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)

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