वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-57, verse-28

स मामुद्वीक्ष्य नेत्राभ्यां त्रस्तमस्वस्थचेतसं ।
इत्युवाच वचः क्रूरं दिधक्षन्निव तेजसा ॥२८॥

28. sa māmudvīkṣya netrābhyāṃ trastamasvasthacetasaṃ ,
ityuvāca vacaḥ krūraṃ didhakṣanniva tejasā.

28. sa mām ud-vīkṣya netrābhyām trastam asvastha-cetasam
iti uvāca vacaḥ krūram didhakṣan iva tejasā

28. sa netrābhyām trastam asvastha-cetasam mām ud-vīkṣya
iti krūram vacaḥ uvāca tejasā didhakṣan iva

28. He, having looked at me with his eyes—me, who was terrified and uneasy in mind—spoke these cruel words, as if about to burn me with his intense spiritual power (tejas).

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• माम् (mām) - me

• उद्-वीक्ष्य (ud-vīkṣya) - having seen, having looked up

• नेत्राभ्याम् (netrābhyām) - with (his two) eyes

• त्रस्तम् (trastam) - frightened, terrified

• अस्वस्थ-चेतसम् (asvastha-cetasam) - with an uneasy mind, whose mind is not at ease

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

• क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruel, fierce, harsh

• दिधक्षन् (didhakṣan) - wishing to burn, desirous of burning

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• तेजसा (tejasā) - by brilliance, by spiritual power, by fiery energy

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

उद्-वीक्ष्य (ud-vīkṣya) - having seen, having looked up

(indeclinable)

Prefixes: ud+vi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Absolutive form

नेत्राभ्याम् (netrābhyām) - with (his two) eyes

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, dual of netra

netra - eye

त्रस्तम् (trastam) - frightened, terrified

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of trasta

trasta - frightened, terrified, afraid

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tras (to tremble, be afraid)

Root: tras (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'mām'

अस्वस्थ-चेतसम् (asvastha-cetasam) - with an uneasy mind, whose mind is not at ease

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asvasthacetas

asvasthacetas - having an uneasy mind, distressed in mind

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+svastha+cetas)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• svastha – healthy, at ease, comfortable, well-placed
  adjective (masculine)
• cetas – mind, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'mām'

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruel, fierce, harsh

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of krūra

krūra - cruel, fierce, terrible

Note: Modifies 'vacaḥ'

दिधक्षन् (didhakṣan) - wishing to burn, desirous of burning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of didhakṣat

didhakṣat - desirous of burning

Desiderative Present Active Participle

Derived from desiderative of root dah (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'sa'

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

तेजसा (tejasā) - by brilliance, by spiritual power, by fiery energy

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - brilliance, spiritual power, energy, fire, heat

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