वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-23, verse-3

वैदेही चापि तत् सर्वं न शुश्राव तपस्विनी ।
तदेव हृदि तस्याश्च यौवराज्याभिषेचनम् ॥३॥

3. vaidehī cāpi tat sarvaṃ na śuśrāva tapasvinī ,
tadeva hṛdi tasyāśca yauvarājyābhiṣecanam.

3. vaidehī ca api tat sarvam na śuśrāva tapasvinī
tat eva hṛdi tasyāḥ ca yauvarājyābhiṣecanam

3. ca api tapasvinī vaidehī tat sarvam na śuśrāva
ca tasyāḥ hṛdi tat yauvarājyābhiṣecanam eva

3. And that unfortunate Vaidehi (Sita) did not hear any of that news. Indeed, in her heart, there was only the consecration as crown prince.

Words meanings summery:

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Vaidehi (Sita) (Vaidehi (Sita, princess of Videha))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• तत् (tat) - that (news, referring to Rama's departure) (that (neuter singular))

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of that news) (all, whole, entire (neuter singular))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard (heard, listened)

• तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - unfortunate (woman) (ascetic woman, pitiable woman, unfortunate woman)

• तत् (tat) - that (specific thought) (that (neuter singular))

• एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed)

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in her heart (in the heart (locative singular))

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her (Sita) (of her, her (genitive singular feminine))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यौवराज्याभिषेचनम् (yauvarājyābhiṣecanam) - the consecration as crown prince (consecration as crown prince)

Words meanings and morphology

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Vaidehi (Sita) (Vaidehi (Sita, princess of Videha))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Vaidehi (Sita, daughter of the king of Videha)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (news, referring to Rama's departure) (that (neuter singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of that news) (all, whole, entire (neuter singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शुश्राव (śuśrāva) - heard (heard, listened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of śru

Perfect Tense

3rd person singular, perfect tense of root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - unfortunate (woman) (ascetic woman, pitiable woman, unfortunate woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapasvinī

tapasvinī - ascetic woman, unfortunate woman, pitiable woman

Feminine form of tapasvin

तत् (tat) - that (specific thought) (that (neuter singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

एव (eva) - only (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

हृदि (hṛdi) - in her heart (in the heart (locative singular))

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her (Sita) (of her, her (genitive singular feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यौवराज्याभिषेचनम् (yauvarājyābhiṣecanam) - the consecration as crown prince (consecration as crown prince)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yauvarājyābhiṣecana

yauvarājyābhiṣecana - anointing as crown prince, consecration to crown-princeship

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yuvarāja+abhiṣecana)

• yuvarāja – crown prince, heir apparent
  noun (masculine)
• abhiṣecana – anointing, consecration, sprinkling
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root sic with prefix abhi-
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: sic (class 6)

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