वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-32, verse-7

अलंकारो हि नारीणां क्षमा तु पुरुषस्य वा ।
दुष्करं तच्च वः क्षान्तं त्रिदशेषु विशेषतः ॥७॥

7. alaṃkāro hi nārīṇāṃ kṣamā tu puruṣasya vā ,
duṣkaraṃ tacca vaḥ kṣāntaṃ tridaśeṣu viśeṣataḥ.

7. alaṅkāraḥ hi nārīṇām kṣamā tu puruṣasya vā
duṣkaram tat ca vaḥ kṣāntam tridaśeṣu viśeṣataḥ

7. hi kṣamā nārīṇām tu puruṣasya vā alaṅkāraḥ ca
tat duṣkaram kṣāntam vaḥ tridaśeṣu viśeṣataḥ

7. Indeed, forgiveness (kṣamā) is an ornament for women, and likewise for men (puruṣa). That difficult act of forgiveness (kṣāntam) has been performed by you, especially in relation to the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• अलङ्कारः (alaṅkāraḥ) - ornament; decoration; embellishment

• हि (hi) - indeed; certainly; surely

• नारीणाम् (nārīṇām) - of women

• क्षमा (kṣamā) - forgiveness; patience; endurance

• तु (tu) - and likewise (but; however; on the other hand)

• पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a man; of a person (puruṣa)

• वा (vā) - and likewise (or; and)

• दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult to do; hard; arduous

• तत् (tat) - that (difficult act of forgiveness) (that; it)

• च (ca) - and; also

• वः (vaḥ) - by you (the daughters) (by you (plural); of you (plural); to you (plural))

• क्षान्तम् (kṣāntam) - the act of forgiveness shown by the daughters (patience shown; forgiveness; endured)

• त्रिदशेषु (tridaśeṣu) - among the gods; concerning the gods

• विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially; particularly; specifically

Words meanings and morphology

अलङ्कारः (alaṅkāraḥ) - ornament; decoration; embellishment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of alaṅkāra

alaṅkāra - ornament, decoration, embellishment

Prefix: alam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

हि (hi) - indeed; certainly; surely

(indeclinable)

नारीणाम् (nārīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of nārī

nārī - woman, female

क्षमा (kṣamā) - forgiveness; patience; endurance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṣamā

kṣamā - patience, forgiveness, endurance

Derived from root √kṣam.

Root: kṣam (class 1)

तु (tu) - and likewise (but; however; on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a man; of a person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being, the cosmic person (puruṣa)

वा (vā) - and likewise (or; and)

(indeclinable)

दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult to do; hard; arduous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult to do, arduous

Compound type : tatpurusha (dus+kara)

• dus – bad, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
• kara – making, doing, causing
  adjective
  Derived from root √kṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (difficult act of forgiveness) (that; it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

च (ca) - and; also

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - by you (the daughters) (by you (plural); of you (plural); to you (plural))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Used here with an instrumental sense implied by the passive participle kṣāntam.

क्षान्तम् (kṣāntam) - the act of forgiveness shown by the daughters (patience shown; forgiveness; endured)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣānta

kṣānta - forgiven, endured, patient, patience

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kṣam with suffix -ta.

Root: kṣam (class 1)

त्रिदशेषु (tridaśeṣu) - among the gods; concerning the gods

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of tridaśa

tridaśa - god, deity (lit. 'three tens' referring to the 33 gods)

Compound type : dvigu (tri+daśa)

• tri – three
  numeral
• daśa – ten
  numeral

विशेषतः (viśeṣataḥ) - especially; particularly; specifically

(indeclinable)

Derived from viśeṣa with suffix -tas.