वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-10, verse-4

करेणुमिव दिग्धेन विद्धां मृगयुणा वने ।
महागज इवारण्ये स्नेहात् परिममर्श ताम् ॥४॥

4. kareṇumiva digdhena viddhāṃ mṛgayuṇā vane ,
mahāgaja ivāraṇye snehāt parimamarśa tām.

4. kareṇum iva digdhena viddhām mṛgayuṇā vane |
mahāgajaḥ iva araṇye snehāt parimamarśa tām

4. (saḥ) araṇye mahāgajaḥ iva snehāt vane mṛgayuṇā
digdhena viddhām kareṇum iva tām parimamarśa

4. He caressed her out of love (sneha), like a great elephant (mahāgaja) in the wilderness, while she lay there like a female elephant (kareṇu) wounded by a hunter's poisoned arrow in the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• करेणुम् (kareṇum) - female elephant

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• दिग्धेन (digdhena) - by a poisoned (arrow/weapon) (smeared, anointed, poisoned)

• विद्धाम् (viddhām) - pierced, struck, wounded

• मृगयुणा (mṛgayuṇā) - by a hunter

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• महागजः (mahāgajaḥ) - great elephant

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the wilderness, in the forest

• स्नेहात् (snehāt) - from affection, out of love

• परिममर्श (parimamarśa) - he touched, he felt, he caressed

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine, accusative)

Words meanings and morphology

करेणुम् (kareṇum) - female elephant

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kareṇu

kareṇu - female elephant

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

दिग्धेन (digdhena) - by a poisoned (arrow/weapon) (smeared, anointed, poisoned)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of digdha

digdha - smeared, anointed, covered; poisoned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dih (to smear) with suffix -ta

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Implied 'weapon' or 'arrow'.

विद्धाम् (viddhām) - pierced, struck, wounded

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viddhā

viddhā - pierced, struck, wounded (feminine)

Past Passive ParticBiple

Derived from root vyadh (to pierce) with suffix -ta, feminine form

Root: vyadh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'kareṇum'.

मृगयुणा (mṛgayuṇā) - by a hunter

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mṛgayu

mṛgayu - hunter

Note: Agent of 'viddhām'.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

महागजः (mahāgajaḥ) - great elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāgaja

mahāgaja - great elephant

Karmadhāraya compound: mahat (great) + gaja (elephant)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+gaja)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the wilderness, in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - wilderness, forest, jungle

स्नेहात् (snehāt) - from affection, out of love

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of sneha

sneha - affection, love, tenderness; oil, fat

Note: Expresses cause or reason.

परिममर्श (parimamarśa) - he touched, he felt, he caressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of mṛś

Perfect Active

Root mṛś, Perfect tense, 3rd person singular with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: mṛś (class 6)

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine, accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the wife.