वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-33, verse-10

सा व्यपत्रपमाणेव प्रतिगृह्य च दुर्मनाः ।
गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमं भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ।
कथं नु चीरं बध्नन्ति मुनयो वनवासिनः ॥१०॥

10. sā vyapatrapamāṇeva pratigṛhya ca durmanāḥ ,
gandharvarājapratimaṃ bhartāramidamabravīt ,
kathaṃ nu cīraṃ badhnanti munayo vanavāsinaḥ.

10. sā vyapatrapamāṇā iva pratigṛhya
ca durmanāḥ gandharvarājapratimam
bhartāram idam abravīt katham nu
cīram badhnanti munayaḥ vanavāsinaḥ

10. sā vyapatrapamāṇā iva ca durmanāḥ
pratigṛhya gandharvarājapratimam
bhartāram idam abravīt katham nu
cīram badhnanti munayaḥ vanavāsinaḥ

10. She, as if feeling ashamed and disheartened, took it and said this to her husband, who resembled the king of the Gandharvas: "How indeed do ascetics living in the forest tie bark garments?"

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - Sita (she)

• व्यपत्रपमाणा (vyapatrapamāṇā) - being ashamed, feeling bashful

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted, having received

• च (ca) - and, also

• दुर्मनाः (durmanāḥ) - dejected, disheartened, sad

• गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमम् (gandharvarājapratimam) - Rama (resembling the king of Gandharvas)

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - Rama (husband, maintainer)

• इदम् (idam) - the following speech (this (neuter))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation/emphasis)

• चीरम् (cīram) - bark garment, ragged cloth

• बध्नन्ति (badhnanti) - they tie, they bind

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - ascetics, sages, hermits

• वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - forest-dwellers, ascetics living in the forest

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - Sita (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

व्यपत्रपमाणा (vyapatrapamāṇā) - being ashamed, feeling bashful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyapatrapamāṇa

vyapatrapamāṇa - being ashamed, feeling bashful

Present Middle Participle

from root trap (to be ashamed) with prefixes vi and apa

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: trap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'Sā'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted, having received

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root grah (9th class, gṛhṇāti) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form. Indeclinable.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दुर्मनाः (durmanāḥ) - dejected, disheartened, sad

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of durmanas

durmanas - dejected, disheartened, ill-minded

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+manas)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• manas – mind, spirit, heart
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'Sā'.

गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमम् (gandharvarājapratimam) - Rama (resembling the king of Gandharvas)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gandharvarājapratima

gandharvarājapratima - resembling the king of Gandharvas (celestial musicians)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gandharva+rāja+pratima)

• gandharva – Gandharva (a celestial musician)
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• pratima – likeness, image, resembling
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'bhartāram'.

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - Rama (husband, maintainer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, maintainer, lord

agent noun from root bhṛ (to bear, maintain)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

इदम् (idam) - the following speech (this (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the following speech.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect active

from root brū (2nd class, bravīti)

Root: brū (class 2)

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then (particle of interrogation/emphasis)

(indeclinable)

चीरम् (cīram) - bark garment, ragged cloth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cīra

cīra - bark garment, ragged cloth, strip of cloth

बध्नन्ति (badhnanti) - they tie, they bind

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of bandh

present active

from root bandh (9th class, badhnāti)

Root: bandh (class 9)

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - ascetics, sages, hermits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - ascetic, sage, hermit, holy man

वनवासिनः (vanavāsinaḥ) - forest-dwellers, ascetics living in the forest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanavāsin

vanavāsin - forest-dweller, hermit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+vāsin)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dwelling, residing, inhabiting
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'munayaḥ'.