वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-56, verse-2

तस्य चिन्तयमानस्य प्रत्यभात् कर्म दुष्कृतम् ।
यदनेन कृतं पूर्वमज्ञानाच्छब्दवेधिना ॥२॥

2. tasya cintayamānasya pratyabhāt karma duṣkṛtam ,
yadanena kṛtaṃ pūrvamajñānācchabdavedhinā.

2. tasya cintayamānasya pratyabhāt karma duṣkṛtam
yat anena kṛtam pūrvam ajñānāt śabdavedhinā

2. cintayamānasya tasya duṣkṛtam karma pratyabhāt
yat pūrvam anena śabdavedhinā ajñānāt kṛtam

2. As he pondered, his evil deed (karma) became clear to him – that which he had committed earlier out of ignorance, he who could strike by sound (śabdavedhin).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of that

• चिन्तयमानस्य (cintayamānasya) - of him who was thinking, while he was pondering

• प्रत्यभात् (pratyabhāt) - appeared, became clear, shone forth

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action, (karma)

• दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - evil, badly done, wrong

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• अनेन (anena) - by him, by this

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, before

• अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - from ignorance, due to lack of knowledge

• शब्दवेधिना (śabdavedhinā) - Refers to King Dasharatha, who accidentally killed a boy by shooting an arrow at a sound. (by the one who pierces by sound, by the sound-piercer)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चिन्तयमानस्य (cintayamānasya) - of him who was thinking, while he was pondering

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of cintayamāna

cintayamāna - thinking, pondering, reflecting

Present Middle Participle

From causative of root cit (to perceive, understand)

Root: cit (class 1)

प्रत्यभात् (pratyabhāt) - appeared, became clear, shone forth

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

कर्म (karma) - deed, action, (karma)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate

From root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - evil, badly done, wrong

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duṣkṛta

duṣkṛta - evil deed, sin, wrong action

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do) with prefix dus (badly)

Prefix: dus

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अनेन (anena) - by him, by this

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, made, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly, previously, before

(indeclinable)

अज्ञानात् (ajñānāt) - from ignorance, due to lack of knowledge

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ajñāna

ajñāna - ignorance, nescience, lack of knowledge

Compound of a- (negation) and jñāna (knowledge)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jñāna)

• a – not, non-, un-
  prefix
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  From root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

शब्दवेधिना (śabdavedhinā) - Refers to King Dasharatha, who accidentally killed a boy by shooting an arrow at a sound. (by the one who pierces by sound, by the sound-piercer)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śabdavedhin

śabdavedhin - shooting by sound, sound-piercer, one who strikes by sound

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (śabda+vedhin)

• śabda – sound, word, voice
  noun (masculine)
• vedhin – piercer, striker, hitting, penetrator
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root vyadh (to pierce, strike)
  Root: vyadh (class 4)