वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-55, verse-6

गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषं श्रुत्वा शुभमनिन्दिता ।
कथं क्रव्यादसिंहानां शब्दं श्रोष्यत्यशोभनम् ॥६॥

6. gītavāditranirghoṣaṃ śrutvā śubhamaninditā ,
kathaṃ kravyādasiṃhānāṃ śabdaṃ śroṣyatyaśobhanam.

6. gīta-vāditra-nirghoṣam śrutvā śubham aninditā
katham kravyāda-siṃhānām śabdam śroṣyati aśobhanam

6. aninditā gīta-vāditra-nirghoṣam śubham śrutvā
kravyāda-siṃhānām aśobhanam śabdam katham śroṣyati

6. Having heard auspicious sounds of singing and musical instruments, how will the blameless Sītā hear the inauspicious sound of flesh-eating lions?

Words meanings summery:

• गीत-वादित्र-निर्घोषम् (gīta-vāditra-nirghoṣam) - sound of singing and musical instruments

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, pleasant (auspicious, good, beautiful, pleasant)

• अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless (epithet for Sītā) (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• क्रव्याद-सिंहानाम् (kravyāda-siṁhānām) - of flesh-eating lions

• शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound, roar (sound, word, noise)

• श्रोष्यति (śroṣyati) - will hear

• अशोभनम् (aśobhanam) - inauspicious, unpleasant (inauspicious, unpleasant, ugly)

Words meanings and morphology

गीत-वादित्र-निर्घोषम् (gīta-vāditra-nirghoṣam) - sound of singing and musical instruments

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gīta-vāditra-nirghoṣa

gīta-vāditra-nirghoṣa - sound of singing and musical instruments

Compound formed from `gīta` (song/singing), `vāditra` (musical instrument), and `nirghoṣa` (sound/noise).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gīta+vāditra+nirghoṣa)

• gīta – sung, song, singing
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √gai (to sing)
  Root: gai (class 1)
• vāditra – musical instrument
  noun (neuter)
  From √vad (to speak/play)
  Root: vad (class 1)
• nirghoṣa – sound, noise, roar
  noun (masculine)
  From `nir-ghuṣ` (to sound forth)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

Note: Object of `śrutvā`.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -ktvā from root √śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Conveys a completed action prior to the main verb.

शुभम् (śubham) - auspicious, pleasant (auspicious, good, beautiful, pleasant)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śubha

śubha - auspicious, fortunate, good, beautiful, bright

Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Modifies `gīta-vāditra-nirghoṣam`.

अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - blameless (epithet for Sītā) (blameless, faultless, irreproachable)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aninditā

aninditā - blameless, faultless (feminine)

Negation `a` + `nindita` (past passive participle of `√nind` - to blame).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nindita)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• nindita – blamed, censured, reproached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √nind (to blame)
  Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject Sītā.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

क्रव्याद-सिंहानाम् (kravyāda-siṁhānām) - of flesh-eating lions

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kravyāda-siṃha

kravyāda-siṁha - flesh-eating lion

Compound of `kravyāda` (flesh-eater) and `siṃha` (lion).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kravyāda+siṃha)

• kravyāda – flesh-eater, carnivore
  adjective (masculine)
  From `kravya` (raw flesh) + `ad` (eating)
  Root: ad (class 2)
• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive relationship with `śabdam`.

शब्दम् (śabdam) - sound, roar (sound, word, noise)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word, voice

From √śab (to sound)

Root: śab

Note: Object of `śroṣyati`.

श्रोष्यति (śroṣyati) - will hear

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of śru

Future tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

From root `√śru`.

Root: śru (class 5)

अशोभनम् (aśobhanam) - inauspicious, unpleasant (inauspicious, unpleasant, ugly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśobhana

aśobhana - not beautiful, inauspicious, unpleasant

Negation `a` + `śobhana` (beautiful, good).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śobhana)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• śobhana – beautiful, splendid, good, auspicious
  adjective (masculine)
  From √śubh (to shine, be beautiful)
  Root: śubh (class 1)

Note: Modifies `śabdam`.