वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-38, verse-16

निःसंशयं मया मन्ये पुरा वीर कदर्यया ।
पातु कामेषु वत्सेषु मातॄणां शातिताः स्तनाः ॥१६॥

16. niḥsaṃśayaṃ mayā manye purā vīra kadaryayā ,
pātu kāmeṣu vatseṣu mātṝṇāṃ śātitāḥ stanāḥ.

16. niḥsaṃśayam mayā manye purā vīra kadaryayā
pātu kāmeṣu vatseṣu mātṝṇām śātitāḥ stanāḥ

16. vīra,
niḥsaṃśayam manye (yat) purā mayā kadaryayā vatseṣu pātu kāmeṣu (satsu) mātṝṇām stanāḥ śātitāḥ (asan)

16. O hero, I believe that undoubtedly, in a past life, I, acting wickedly, cut off the breasts of mothers while their calves longed to drink.

Words meanings summery:

• निःसंशयम् (niḥsaṁśayam) - undoubtedly, without doubt

• मया (mayā) - by me

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past, previously

• वीर (vīra) - O hero, brave one

• कदर्यया (kadaryayā) - by a wicked one, by a miserly one

• पातु (pātu) - to drink, for drinking (infinitive)

• कामेषु (kāmeṣu) - desirous, longing, wishing

• वत्सेषु (vatseṣu) - upon the calves, regarding the children

• मातॄणाम् (mātṝṇām) - of the mothers

• शातिताः (śātitāḥ) - cut off, severed, killed

• स्तनाः (stanāḥ) - breasts

Words meanings and morphology

निःसंशयम् (niḥsaṁśayam) - undoubtedly, without doubt

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (nis+saṃśaya)

• nis – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty, suspicion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śi (class 5)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Present Middle Voice

Root man, present tense, 1st person singular, middle voice

Root: man (class 4)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past, previously

(indeclinable)

वीर (vīra) - O hero, brave one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Addressing Rama

कदर्यया (kadaryayā) - by a wicked one, by a miserly one

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kadaryā

kadaryā - a wicked woman, a miserly woman, mean, stingy

Note: Self-referential, 'by me, a wicked one'

पातु (pātu) - to drink, for drinking (infinitive)

(verb)

singular, infinitive of pā

Infinitive

Root pā (to drink); infinitive form

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Used with kāmeṣu to express desire

कामेषु (kāmeṣu) - desirous, longing, wishing

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of kāmin

kāmin - desirous, longing, lustful, loving

From kāma (desire) with suffix -in

Note: Modifies 'vatseṣu'

वत्सेषु (vatseṣu) - upon the calves, regarding the children

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vatsa

vatsa - calf, child, darling

मातॄणाम् (mātṝṇām) - of the mothers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

शातिताः (śātitāḥ) - cut off, severed, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śātita

śātita - cut, severed, killed, destroyed

Causative Past Passive Participle

From causative of root śad (to fall, shed); meaning 'caused to fall/cut'

Root: śad (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'stanāḥ'

स्तनाः (stanāḥ) - breasts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of stana

stana - breast, udder

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'śātitāḥ'.