वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-57, verse-21

जटाभारधरस्यैव वल्कलाजिनवाससः ।
को वधेन ममार्थी स्यात् किं वास्यापकृतं मया ॥२१॥

21. jaṭābhāradharasyaiva valkalājinavāsasaḥ ,
ko vadhena mamārthī syāt kiṃ vāsyāpakṛtaṃ mayā.

21. jaṭābhāradharasya eva valkalājinavāsasaḥ kaḥ
vadhena mama arthī syāt kim vā asya apakṛtam mayā

21. jaṭābhāradharasya eva valkalājinavāsasaḥ mama
vadhena kaḥ arthī syāt vā mayā asya kim apakṛtam

21. Who would indeed seek the death of me, one who wears matted hair and garments of bark and deerskin? Or what harm have I done to him?

Words meanings summery:

• जटाभारधरस्य (jaṭābhāradharasya) - of one who wears/carries a load of matted hair

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• वल्कलाजिनवाससः (valkalājinavāsasaḥ) - of one whose garment is bark and deerskin

• कः (kaḥ) - who?

• वधेन (vadhena) - by killing, by the death

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अर्थी (arthī) - desirous (of), having a purpose, seeker

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be, may be

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• वा (vā) - or

• अस्य (asya) - of him, to him

• अपकृतम् (apakṛtam) - harm done, wrong done

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

जटाभारधरस्य (jaṭābhāradharasya) - of one who wears/carries a load of matted hair

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jaṭābhāradhara

jaṭābhāradhara - wearer of a mass of matted hair

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jaṭā+bhāra+dhara)

• jaṭā – matted hair, tangled hair
  noun (feminine)
• bhāra – load, burden, mass
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhṛ
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• dhara – bearing, wearing, holding
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  From root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

वल्कलाजिनवाससः (valkalājinavāsasaḥ) - of one whose garment is bark and deerskin

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of valkalājinavāsas

valkalājinavāsas - one whose clothing consists of bark and deerskin

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (valkala+ajina+vāsas)

• valkala – bark (of a tree), bark-garment
  noun (masculine/neuter)
• ajina – deerskin, animal skin
  noun (neuter)
• vāsas – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)
  From root vas (to wear)
  Root: vas (class 2)

कः (kaḥ) - who?

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वधेन (vadhena) - by killing, by the death

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, murder

Root: han

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अर्थी (arthī) - desirous (of), having a purpose, seeker

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arthin

arthin - desirous, having a purpose, petitioner

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of him, to him

(pronoun)

masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

अपकृतम् (apakṛtam) - harm done, wrong done

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apakṛta

apakṛta - harmed, wronged, injured

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

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