वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-42, verse-17

को न्वनेनाप्रतीतेन सोत्कण्ठितजनेन च ।
संप्रीयेतामनोज्ञेन वासेन हृतचेतसा ॥१७॥

17. ko nvanenāpratītena sotkaṇṭhitajanena ca ,
saṃprīyetāmanojñena vāsena hṛtacetasā.

17. kaḥ nu anena apratītena sotkaṇṭhitajanena
ca saṃprīyeta amanojñena vāsena hṛtacetasā

17. kaḥ nu anena apratītena sotkaṇṭhitajanena
ca amanojñena vāsena hṛtacetasā saṃprīyeta

17. Who, indeed, would be pleased by this displeasing situation, in the company of people filled with longing, by an unpleasant dwelling, and with a mind carried away (by sorrow)?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

• अनेन (anena) - by this

• अप्रतीतेन (apratītena) - displeasing (situation) (displeasing, unpleasing, not acknowledged)

• सोत्कण्ठितजनेन (sotkaṇṭhitajanena) - by people full of longing

• च (ca) - and

• संप्रीयेत (saṁprīyeta) - would be pleased, would delight

• अमनोज्ञेन (amanojñena) - by the unpleasant, disagreeable

• वासेन (vāsena) - by dwelling, by residence

• हृतचेतसा (hṛtacetasā) - by a mind carried away (by sorrow) (by one whose mind is stolen/carried away, by a stolen mind)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

(indeclinable)

अनेन (anena) - by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to some implied masculine noun or general situation.

अप्रतीतेन (apratītena) - displeasing (situation) (displeasing, unpleasing, not acknowledged)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of apratīta

apratīta - unpleasing, disagreeable, not understood, not recognized

Past Passive Participle (negated)

negated from pratīta (understood, recognized, agreeable), root i (to go) with prefix prati-

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratīta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• pratīta – understood, acknowledged, recognized, agreeable
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root i (to go) with prefix prati-
  Prefix: prati
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'anena'.

सोत्कण्ठितजनेन (sotkaṇṭhitajanena) - by people full of longing

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sotkaṇṭhitajana

sotkaṇṭhitajana - people with longing, longing people

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+utkaṇṭhita+jana)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  prefix
• utkaṇṭhita – longing, yearning, anxious
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kaṇṭh (to desire) with prefix ut-
  Prefix: ut
  Root: kaṇṭh (class 1)
• jana – people, person, multitude, group
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: This compound is used adjectivally to describe the general situation/environment.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संप्रीयेत (saṁprīyeta) - would be pleased, would delight

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of saṃprī

Optative Mode

root prī (class 4, ātmanepada) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: prī (class 4)

अमनोज्ञेन (amanojñena) - by the unpleasant, disagreeable

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of amanojña

amanojña - unpleasant, disagreeable, ugly

negated from manojña (pleasant, agreeable)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+manojña)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• manojña – agreeable to the mind, pleasant, charming
  adjective (masculine)
  from manas + jña (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'vāsena'.

वासेन (vāsena) - by dwelling, by residence

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāsa

vāsa - dwelling, residence, abode, scent

from root vas (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

हृतचेतसा (hṛtacetasā) - by a mind carried away (by sorrow) (by one whose mind is stolen/carried away, by a stolen mind)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hṛtacetas

hṛtacetas - whose mind is carried away, distracted, infatuated

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hṛta+cetas)

• hṛta – stolen, taken away, carried off
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root hṛ (to seize, to carry)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used here as an adjective in instrumental, perhaps agreeing with the implicit agent (who).

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