वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-33, verse-7

स चीरे पुरुषव्याघ्रः कैकेय्याः प्रतिगृह्य ते ।
सूक्ष्मवस्त्रमवक्षिप्य मुनिवस्त्राण्यवस्त ह ॥७॥

7. sa cīre puruṣavyāghraḥ kaikeyyāḥ pratigṛhya te ,
sūkṣmavastramavakṣipya munivastrāṇyavasta ha.

7. sa cīre puruṣavyāghraḥ kaikeyīyāḥ pratigṛhya te
| sūkṣmavastram avakṣipya munivastrāṇi avasta ha

7. He, the tiger among men, having received those two bark garments from Kaikeyi, and having cast off his fine garment, indeed put on the ascetic's garments.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (Rāma) (he, that)

• चीरे (cīre) - the two bark garments (two bark garments)

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - the tiger among men (Rāma) (tiger among men, best of men)

• कैकेयीयाः (kaikeyīyāḥ) - from Kaikeyi (from Kaikeyi, of Kaikeyi)

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received (having received, having accepted)

• ते (te) - those (referring to the two bark garments) (those, they (dual))

• सूक्ष्मवस्त्रम् (sūkṣmavastram) - his fine garment (fine garment, delicate cloth)

• अवक्षिप्य (avakṣipya) - having cast off (having cast off, having thrown down)

• मुनिवस्त्राणि (munivastrāṇi) - the ascetic's garments (ascetic's garments, sage's clothes)

• अवस्त (avasta) - he put on (he wore, he put on)

• ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, surely (emphasizing particle))

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (Rāma) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चीरे (cīre) - the two bark garments (two bark garments)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of cīra

cīra - bark garment, rag, strip of cloth

Note: Accusative dual, object of 'pratigṛhya'.

पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - the tiger among men (Rāma) (tiger among men, best of men)

(compound noun)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa or karmadhāraya (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet for Rāma, in apposition to 'sa'.

कैकेयीयाः (kaikeyīyāḥ) - from Kaikeyi (from Kaikeyi, of Kaikeyi)

(proper noun)

feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (name of a queen)

Note: Ablative singular, indicating origin ('from Kaikeyi').

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having received (having received, having accepted)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root grah (to seize) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) indicates an action completed before the main verb 'avasta'.

ते (te) - those (referring to the two bark garments) (those, they (dual))

(pronoun)

neuter, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Accusative dual, referring to 'cīre'.

सूक्ष्मवस्त्रम् (sūkṣmavastram) - his fine garment (fine garment, delicate cloth)

(compound noun)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sūkṣma+vastra)

• sūkṣma – fine, subtle, minute
  adjective (neuter)
• vastra – garment, cloth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative singular, object of 'avakṣipya'.

अवक्षिप्य (avakṣipya) - having cast off (having cast off, having thrown down)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root kṣip (to throw) with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) indicates an action completed before the main verb 'avasta'.

मुनिवस्त्राणि (munivastrāṇi) - the ascetic's garments (ascetic's garments, sage's clothes)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+vastra)

• muni – sage, ascetic, holy man
  noun (masculine)
• vastra – garment, cloth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative plural, object of 'avasta'.

अवस्त (avasta) - he put on (he wore, he put on)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vas

Root: vas (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, surely (emphasizing particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: An emphatic particle.

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