वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-42, verse-6

किं नु तेषां गृहैः कार्यं किं दारैः किं धनेन वा ।
पुत्रैर्वा किं सुखैर्वापि ये न पश्यन्ति राघवम् ॥६॥

6. kiṃ nu teṣāṃ gṛhaiḥ kāryaṃ kiṃ dāraiḥ kiṃ dhanena vā ,
putrairvā kiṃ sukhairvāpi ye na paśyanti rāghavam.

6. kim nu teṣām gṛhaiḥ kāryam kim dāraiḥ kim dhanena vā
putraiḥ vā kim sukhaiḥ vā api ye na paśyanti rāghavam

6. ye rāghavam na paśyanti teṣām gṛhaiḥ kim nu kāryam dāraiḥ
kim vā dhanena kim vā putraiḥ kim vā api sukhaiḥ kim

6. What purpose do houses serve for them, what use are wives, or wealth? What value are sons, or even pleasures, for those who do not perceive Rāghava (Rama)?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, why, of what use

• नु (nu) - indeed, then, now, surely (interrogative or emphatic particle)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them, to them, their

• गृहैः (gṛhaiḥ) - with houses, by houses

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, duty, purpose, to be done

• किम् (kim) - what, why, of what use

• दारैः (dāraiḥ) - with wives

• किम् (kim) - what, why, of what use

• धनेन (dhanena) - with wealth, by wealth

• वा (vā) - or, either

• पुत्रैः (putraiḥ) - with sons

• वा (vā) - or, either

• किम् (kim) - what, why, of what use

• सुखैः (sukhaiḥ) - with pleasures, by joys

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• ये (ye) - who, those who

• न (na) - not, no

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

• राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāghava (Rama)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, why, of what use

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, then, now, surely (interrogative or emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them, to them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine genitive plural

गृहैः (gṛhaiḥ) - with houses, by houses

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, duty, purpose, to be done

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, business, duty, purpose, thing to be done

Gerundive (future passive participle)

Gerundive form of √kṛ (class 8) 'to do'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

किम् (kim) - what, why, of what use

(indeclinable)

दारैः (dāraiḥ) - with wives

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife (often used in plural as a masculine noun)

किम् (kim) - what, why, of what use

(indeclinable)

धनेन (dhanena) - with wealth, by wealth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of dhana

dhana - wealth, riches, money, property

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

पुत्रैः (putraiḥ) - with sons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what, why, of what use

(indeclinable)

सुखैः (sukhaiḥ) - with pleasures, by joys

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of sukha

sukha - pleasure, happiness, joy, comfort

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who, those who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, who, what

Relative pronoun, masculine nominative plural

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they perceive

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present, 3rd person plural, active

Present tense form of √dṛś (class 1) which uses the stem 'paśya'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāghava (Rama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rama

Patronymic from Raghu

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