वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-57, verse-23

नेमं तथानुशोचामि जीवितक्षयमात्मनः ।
मातरं पितरं चोभावनुशोचामि मद्विधे ॥२३॥

23. nemaṃ tathānuśocāmi jīvitakṣayamātmanaḥ ,
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ cobhāvanuśocāmi madvidhe.

23. na imam tathā anuśocāmi jīvitakṣayam ātmanaḥ
mātaram pitaram ca ubhau anuśocāmi madvidhe

23. na imam tathā anuśocāmi jīvitakṣayam ātmanaḥ
mātaram pitaram ca ubhau anuśocāmi madvidhe

23. I do not grieve so much for this loss of my own life (ātman). Instead, I lament for both my mother and father in my present condition.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• इमम् (imam) - this (loss of life) (this, this one (masc. acc. sg.))

• तथा (tathā) - so much (to that extent) (so, thus, in that manner, to that extent)

• अनुशोचामि (anuśocāmi) - I grieve, I lament, I sorrow for

• जीवितक्षयम् (jīvitakṣayam) - loss of life, my death (loss of life, death, destruction of livelihood)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of my own (ātman) (life) (of the self, of oneself, my own)

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• च (ca) - and, also

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (masc. nom./acc. dual)

• अनुशोचामि (anuśocāmi) - I grieve, I lament, I sorrow for

• मद्विधे (madvidhe) - in my situation, concerning me (in my condition, concerning me, like me)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

इमम् (imam) - this (loss of life) (this, this one (masc. acc. sg.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

तथा (tathā) - so much (to that extent) (so, thus, in that manner, to that extent)

(indeclinable)

अनुशोचामि (anuśocāmi) - I grieve, I lament, I sorrow for

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anuśoc

Present Tense, 1st Person Singular

Root śuc (class 1, śocati) with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: śuc (class 1)

जीवितक्षयम् (jīvitakṣayam) - loss of life, my death (loss of life, death, destruction of livelihood)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jīvitakṣaya

jīvitakṣaya - loss of life, death, destruction of livelihood

Compound of jīvita (life, livelihood) and kṣaya (loss, destruction)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (jīvita+kṣaya)

• jīvita – life, livelihood, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from jīv)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• kṣaya – loss, destruction, decline, wasting away
  noun (masculine)
  from root kṣi (to perish)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of my own (ātman) (life) (of the self, of oneself, my own)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, vital breath, life

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उभौ (ubhau) - both (masc. nom./acc. dual)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

अनुशोचामि (anuśocāmi) - I grieve, I lament, I sorrow for

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anuśoc

Present Tense, 1st Person Singular

Root śuc (class 1, śocati) with prefix anu

Prefix: anu

Root: śuc (class 1)

मद्विधे (madvidhe) - in my situation, concerning me (in my condition, concerning me, like me)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of madvidha

madvidha - like me, in my condition

Compound mat (my, me) + vidha (sort, kind)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mad+vidha)

• mad – my, me (from aham)
  pronoun
  ablative/genitive singular of aham (I)
• vidha – sort, kind, manner
  noun (masculine)

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