वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-47, verse-10

को ह्यविद्वानपि पुमान्प्रमदायाः कृते त्यजेत् ।
छन्दानुवर्तिनं पुत्रं तातो मामिव लक्ष्मण ॥१०॥

10. ko hyavidvānapi pumānpramadāyāḥ kṛte tyajet ,
chandānuvartinaṃ putraṃ tāto māmiva lakṣmaṇa.

10. kaḥ hi avidvān api pumān pramadāyāḥ kṛte tyajet
chandānuvartinam putram tātaḥ mām iva lakṣmaṇa

10. lakṣmaṇa,
kaḥ hi avidvān api pumān pramadāyāḥ kṛte chandānuvartinam putram mām iva tātaḥ tyajet

10. O Lakṣmaṇa! What man (puruṣa), even an ignorant one, would abandon an obedient son for the sake of a woman, just as father abandoned me?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

• हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, for, because)

• अविद्वान् (avidvān) - even an ignorant one (ignorant, unwise, unlearned)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• पुमान् (pumān) - a man (puruṣa) (a man, male, person)

• प्रमदायाः (pramadāyāḥ) - for the sake of a woman (Kaikeyī) (of a woman, for a woman)

• कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of (for the sake of, on account of)

• त्यजेत् (tyajet) - he would abandon (he should abandon, he should renounce)

• छन्दानुवर्तिनम् (chandānuvartinam) - obedient (to one's will) (following one's will, obedient, compliant)

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son (Rama) (son)

• तातः (tātaḥ) - father (Daśaratha) (father, dear one)

• माम् (mām) - me (Rama) (me)

• इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa (vocative address) (O Lakṣmaṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who (who, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Interrogative pronoun, masculine singular nominative.

हि (hi) - indeed (emphatic particle) (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle

अविद्वान् (avidvān) - even an ignorant one (ignorant, unwise, unlearned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avidvat

avidvat - ignorant, unwise, unlearned

From a- (negation) + vidvat (knowing, learned). N-stem.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+vidvat)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• vidvat – knowing, learned, wise
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle

पुमान् (pumān) - a man (puruṣa) (a man, male, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pums

pums - man, male, human being (puruṣa), soul

S-stem noun

प्रमदायाः (pramadāyāḥ) - for the sake of a woman (Kaikeyī) (of a woman, for a woman)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pramadā

pramadā - a woman, a young woman, a passionate woman

Feminine noun from root mad (to be exhilarated) with pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Used with kṛte. Refers to Kaikeyī.

कृते (kṛte) - for the sake of (for the sake of, on account of)

(indeclinable)

Past Passive Participle (adverbialized)

Locative singular of kṛta, used as an indeclinable governing the genitive.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

त्यजेत् (tyajet) - he would abandon (he should abandon, he should renounce)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of tyaj

Optative Mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

From root tyaj (class 1, P-pada).

Root: tyaj (class 1)

छन्दानुवर्तिनम् (chandānuvartinam) - obedient (to one's will) (following one's will, obedient, compliant)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of chandānuvartin

chandānuvartin - following one's will, obedient, compliant, subservient

Tatpuruṣa compound: chanda (will) + anuvartin (following).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (chanda+anuvartin)

• chanda – will, wish, desire, pleasure
  noun (masculine)
  Root: chad (class 1)
• anuvartin – following, complying with, obedient
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from present participle
  From anu-vṛt (to follow)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Modifies "putram".

पुत्रम् (putram) - son (Rama) (son)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Object of "tyajet".

तातः (tātaḥ) - father (Daśaratha) (father, dear one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, respected person

Note: Subject of "tyajet".

माम् (mām) - me (Rama) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person singular pronoun, accusative.

Note: Object of abandonment (implied by the comparison).

इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa (vocative address) (O Lakṣmaṇa)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (name of Rama's brother)

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