वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-33, verse-11

कृत्वा कण्ठे च सा चीरमेकमादाय पाणिना ।
तस्थौ ह्यकुषला तत्र व्रीडिता जनकात्मज ॥११॥

11. kṛtvā kaṇṭhe ca sā cīramekamādāya pāṇinā ,
tasthau hyakuṣalā tatra vrīḍitā janakātmaja.

11. kṛtvā kaṇṭhe ca sā cīram ekam ādāya pāṇinā
tasthau hi akuśalā tatra vrīḍitā janakātmajā

11. sā janakātmajā ca cīram kante kṛtvā pāṇinā
ekam ādāya tatra akuśalā vrīḍitā hi tasthau

11. And she, Janaka's daughter, after placing one bark garment around her neck and taking another in her hand, stood there, unskilled and bashful.

Words meanings summery:

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having placed (around the neck) (having done, having made, having placed)

• कण्ठे (kaṇṭhe) - on the neck, in the throat

• च (ca) - and, also

• सा (sā) - Sita (she)

• चीरम् (cīram) - bark garment, ragged cloth

• एकम् (ekam) - one, a single (neuter)

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having received

• पाणिना (pāṇinā) - by hand, with the hand

• तस्थौ (tasthau) - she stood, she remained

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• अकुशला (akuśalā) - unskillful, inexpert, awkward

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• व्रीडिता (vrīḍitā) - ashamed, bashful, shy

• जनकात्मजा (janakātmajā) - Sita (daughter of Janaka)

Words meanings and morphology

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having placed (around the neck) (having done, having made, having placed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root kṛ (8th class, karoti)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form. Indeclinable.

कण्ठे (kaṇṭhe) - on the neck, in the throat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kaṇṭha

kaṇṭha - neck, throat

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - Sita (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

चीरम् (cīram) - bark garment, ragged cloth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cīra

cīra - bark garment, ragged cloth, strip of cloth

एकम् (ekam) - one, a single (neuter)

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with implied 'cīram'.

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having received

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root dā (3rd class, dadāti) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form. Indeclinable.

पाणिना (pāṇinā) - by hand, with the hand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

तस्थौ (tasthau) - she stood, she remained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of sthā

perfect active

from root sthā (1st class, tiṣṭhati)

Root: sthā (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अकुशला (akuśalā) - unskillful, inexpert, awkward

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akuśala

akuśala - unskillful, inexpert, inauspicious

negation of kuśala

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kuśala)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kuśala – skillful, expert, auspicious
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'Sā'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

व्रीडिता (vrīḍitā) - ashamed, bashful, shy

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vrīḍita

vrīḍita - ashamed, bashful, shy

Past Passive Participle

from root vrīḍ (to be ashamed)

Root: vrīḍ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'Sā'.

जनकात्मजा (janakātmajā) - Sita (daughter of Janaka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janakātmajā

janakātmajā - daughter of Janaka

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka (proper name, king of Videha)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter, born of oneself
  noun (feminine)
  from ātman + jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Sita. The Devanagari 'जनकात्मज' is likely a masculine stem or a typo for the feminine nominative 'जनकात्मजा' given the context.

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