वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-74, verse-24

वधमप्रतिरूपं तु पितुः श्रुत्वा सुदारुणम् ।
क्षत्रमुत्सादयं रोषाज्जातं जातमनेकशः ॥२४॥

24. vadhamapratirūpaṃ tu pituḥ śrutvā sudāruṇam ,
kṣatramutsādayaṃ roṣājjātaṃ jātamanekaśaḥ.

24. vadham apratirūpam tu pituḥ śrutvā sudāruṇam
kṣatram utsādayam roṣāt jātam jātam anekaśaḥ

24. tu pituḥ apratirūpam sudāruṇam vadham śrutvā,
roṣāt jātam jātam kṣatram anekaśaḥ utsādayam

24. But having heard of the unseemly and extremely cruel murder of my father, I repeatedly annihilated the Kṣatriya (kṣatra) class, wherever it arose, out of rage.

Words meanings summery:

• वधम् (vadham) - murder, killing

• अप्रतिरूपम् (apratirūpam) - unseemly, unfitting, unparalleled

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - extremely cruel, very terrible

• क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - the Kṣatriya class, warrior caste

• उत्सादयम् (utsādayam) - I annihilated, I destroyed

• रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger, out of rage

• जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen

• जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen

• अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - repeatedly, many times

Words meanings and morphology

वधम् (vadham) - murder, killing

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - murder, killing, slaying

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'

अप्रतिरूपम् (apratirūpam) - unseemly, unfitting, unparalleled

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of apratirūpa

apratirūpa - unseemly, unsuitable, unparalleled

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratirūpa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• pratirūpa – resembling, similar, a copy
  adjective

Note: Qualifying 'vadham'

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root 'śru' with suffix 'tvā'

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Indicates a prior action

सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - extremely cruel, very terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very cruel, exceedingly harsh

Compound type : avyayībhāva (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• dāruṇa – terrible, cruel
  adjective

Note: Qualifying 'vadham'

क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - the Kṣatriya class, warrior caste

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣatra

kṣatra - rule, power, the warrior class

Note: Object of 'utsādayam'

उत्सादयम् (utsādayam) - I annihilated, I destroyed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of sad

Causal form (utsādayati) from root 'sad'

Prefixes: ut+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

रोषात् (roṣāt) - from anger, out of rage

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of roṣa

roṣa - anger, rage

Note: Indicates cause

जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen

(Past Passive Participle)

Note: Qualifies 'kṣatram' (as 'that which was born')

जातम् (jātam) - born, arisen

(Past Passive Participle)

Note: Repetition ('jātaṃ jātaṃ') emphasizes 'wherever it arose' or 'again and again'

अनेकशः (anekaśaḥ) - repeatedly, many times

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix '-śas'

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