वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-34, verse-6

यो ऽहं पावकसंकाशं पश्यामि पुरतः स्थितम् ।
विहाय वसने सूक्ष्मे तापसाच्छादमात्मजम् ॥६॥

6. yo'haṃ pāvakasaṃkāśaṃ paśyāmi purataḥ sthitam ,
vihāya vasane sūkṣme tāpasācchādamātmajam.

6. yaḥ aham pāvakasaṃkāśam paśyāmi purataḥ sthitam
| vihāya vasane sūkṣme tāpasācchādam ātmajam

6. aham yaḥ purataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśam sthitam sūkṣme
vasane vihāya tāpasācchādam ātmajam paśyāmi

6. I, who behold my son (ātmaja) standing before me, radiant as fire, having discarded his fine clothes and now wearing the simple covering of an ascetic...

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which, what

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पावकसंकाशम् (pāvakasaṁkāśam) - resembling fire, shining like fire

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, behold, perceive

• पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, before, eastward

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing, situated, abiding

• विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having left, forsaking

• वसने (vasane) - garments, clothes

• सूक्ष्मे (sūkṣme) - fine (garments) (fine, subtle, delicate)

• तापसाच्छादम् (tāpasācchādam) - hermit's covering, ascetic's garb

• आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - my son, Rama (son, child, born from oneself)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

पावकसंकाशम् (pāvakasaṁkāśam) - resembling fire, shining like fire

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvakasaṃkāśa

pāvakasaṁkāśa - fire-like, resembling fire

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (pāvaka+saṃkāśa)

• pāvaka – fire, pure
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• saṃkāśa – resemblance, appearance, like
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

Note: modifies ātmajam

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, behold, perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

present stem paśya

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुरतः (purataḥ) - in front, before, eastward

(indeclinable)

derived from pur with suffix tas

स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing, situated, abiding

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - stood, standing, situated, firm

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: modifies ātmajam

विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having left, forsaking

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root hā with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

वसने (vasane) - garments, clothes

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of vasana

vasana - garment, clothing, apparel

Root: vas (class 2)

सूक्ष्मे (sūkṣme) - fine (garments) (fine, subtle, delicate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, dual of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - fine, subtle, minute, delicate

Root: sūc (class 1)

Note: modifies vasane

तापसाच्छादम् (tāpasācchādam) - hermit's covering, ascetic's garb

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tāpasācchāda

tāpasācchāda - hermit's covering/clothing

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tāpasa+ācchāda)

• tāpasa – ascetic, hermit
  noun (masculine)
  from tapas
• ācchāda – covering, clothing, garment
  noun (masculine)
  from root chad with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: chad (class 1)

Note: refers to the clothes Rāma is wearing

आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - my son, Rama (son, child, born from oneself)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, child, born from oneself

from ātman + ja (born)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: refers to Rama

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