वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-34, verse-27

साहमेवंगता श्रेष्ठा श्रुतधर्मपरावरा ।
आर्ये किमवमन्येयं स्त्रीणां भर्ता हि दैवतम् ॥२७॥

27. sāhamevaṃgatā śreṣṭhā śrutadharmaparāvarā ,
ārye kimavamanyeyaṃ strīṇāṃ bhartā hi daivatam.

27. sā aham evamgatā śreṣṭhā śrutadharmaparāvarā
ārye kim avamanyeyam strīṇām bhartā hi daivatam

27. ārye aham evamgatā śreṣṭhā śrutadharmaparāvarā
kim avamanyeyam hi strīṇām bhartā daivatam

27. (Sītā speaking) "Though I am thus situated, O noble lady, and am considered excellent, having heard about the higher and lower aspects of natural law (dharma), why should I disrespect (my husband)? For indeed, a husband is a deity for women."

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - I (referring to the speaker, Sītā) (she, that (feminine))

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एवम्गता (evamgatā) - being in this (difficult) state or condition (thus situated, having gone thus)

• श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent

• श्रुतधर्मपरावरा (śrutadharmaparāvarā) - one who is knowledgeable about the principles of dharma (natural law) (having heard the higher and lower aspects of natural law (dharma))

• आर्ये (ārye) - O noble lady, O venerable one

• किम् (kim) - what, why, how

• अवमन्येयम् (avamanyeyam) - I should disrespect, I should despise

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, supporter

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• दैवतम् (daivatam) - a deity, divine being

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - I (referring to the speaker, Sītā) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

एवम्गता (evamgatā) - being in this (difficult) state or condition (thus situated, having gone thus)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of evamgata

evamgata - thus gone, thus situated, being in such a state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (evam+gata)

• evam – thus, in this manner, so
  indeclinable
• gata – gone, arrived, situated
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

श्रेष्ठा (śreṣṭhā) - best, most excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, supreme, chief

Superlative degree of praśasya (excellent)

श्रुतधर्मपरावरा (śrutadharmaparāvarā) - one who is knowledgeable about the principles of dharma (natural law) (having heard the higher and lower aspects of natural law (dharma))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrutadharmaparāvara

śrutadharmaparāvara - one who has heard (learned) the higher and lower (aspects of) natural law (dharma)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śruta+dharma+para+avara)

• śruta – heard, learned, revealed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √śru (to hear)
  Root: śru (class 5)
• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• para – higher, superior, supreme, further
  adjective (masculine)
• avara – lower, inferior, later
  adjective (masculine)

आर्ये (ārye) - O noble lady, O venerable one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of āryā

āryā - noble lady, venerable woman

किम् (kim) - what, why, how

(indeclinable)

अवमन्येयम् (avamanyeyam) - I should disrespect, I should despise

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of avamany

root √man, 4th conjugation, ātmanepada, with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, supporter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - supporter, maintainer, husband, master

agent noun

Derived from root √bhṛ (to bear, support, maintain) with suffix -tṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

दैवतम् (daivatam) - a deity, divine being

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daivata

daivata - a deity, a god, a divine being

Derived from deva (god) with suffix -ta

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