वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-30, verse-5

पदातिं वर्जितच्छत्रं रामं दृष्ट्वा तदा जनाः ।
ऊचुर्बहुविधा वाचः शोकोपहतचेतसः ॥५॥

5. padātiṃ varjitacchatraṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā janāḥ ,
ūcurbahuvidhā vācaḥ śokopahatacetasaḥ.

5. padātim varjitacchatram rāmam dṛṣṭvā tadā
janāḥ ūcuḥ bahuvidhāḥ vācaḥ śokopahatacetasaḥ

5. tadā śokopahatacetasaḥ janāḥ padātim
varjitacchatram rāmam dṛṣṭvā bahuvidhāḥ vācaḥ ūcuḥ

5. Then, having seen Rāma walking on foot and deprived of his royal parasol, the people, whose minds were overcome by sorrow, spoke various kinds of words.

Words meanings summery:

• पदातिम् (padātim) - walking on foot (referring to Rāma) (on foot, pedestrian)

• वर्जितच्छत्रम् (varjitacchatram) - without his royal parasol (a symbol of royalty) (deprived of a parasol, without an umbrella)

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke, they said

• बहुविधाः (bahuvidhāḥ) - of many kinds, various

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, lamentations

• शोकोपहतचेतसः (śokopahatacetasaḥ) - whose minds were afflicted by sorrow, with sorrow-stricken minds

Words meanings and morphology

पदातिम् (padātim) - walking on foot (referring to Rāma) (on foot, pedestrian)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of padāti

padāti - on foot, pedestrian, infantryman

वर्जितच्छत्रम् (varjitacchatram) - without his royal parasol (a symbol of royalty) (deprived of a parasol, without an umbrella)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of varjitacchatra

varjitacchatra - deprived of a parasol

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (varjita+chatra)

• varjita – abandoned, deprived, avoided
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: vṛj (class 10)
• chatra – parasol, umbrella, royal umbrella
  noun (neuter)

रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root √dṛś + suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - people, person, folk

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they spoke, they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

बहुविधाः (bahuvidhāḥ) - of many kinds, various

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of bahuvidha

bahuvidha - of many kinds, various

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, lamentations

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - word, speech, voice

शोकोपहतचेतसः (śokopahatacetasaḥ) - whose minds were afflicted by sorrow, with sorrow-stricken minds

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śokopahatacetas

śokopahatacetas - one whose mind is afflicted by sorrow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śoka+upahata+cetas)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
• upahata – struck, afflicted, overwhelmed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: upa
  Root: han (class 2)
• cetas – mind, heart, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

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