वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-57, verse-29

किं तवापकृतं राजन् वने निवसता मया ।
जिहीर्षुरम्भो गुर्वर्थं यदहं ताडितस्त्वया ॥२९॥

29. kiṃ tavāpakṛtaṃ rājan vane nivasatā mayā ,
jihīrṣurambho gurvarthaṃ yadahaṃ tāḍitastvayā.

29. kim tava apakṛtam rājan vane nivasatā mayā |
jihīrṣuḥ ambhaḥ guru-artham yat aham tāḍitaḥ tvayā

29. rājan kim apakṛtam tava mayā nivasatā vane yat
aham guru-artham ambhaḥ jihīrṣuḥ tvayā tāḍitaḥ

29. O King, what wrong have I, who was dwelling in the forest, committed against you that I was struck by you while intending to fetch water for my guru (teacher)?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• तव (tava) - to you, your, of you

• अपकृतम् (apakṛtam) - wrong done, harm, injury

• राजन् (rājan) - O King!

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• निवसता (nivasatā) - by the one dwelling, by dwelling

• मया (mayā) - by me

• जिहीर्षुः (jihīrṣuḥ) - wishing to fetch, desirous of carrying away/fetching

• अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water

• गुरु-अर्थम् (guru-artham) - for the sake of the guru, for the guru

• यत् (yat) - that, because

• अहम् (aham) - I

• ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck, hit

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? which? who?

तव (tava) - to you, your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अपकृतम् (apakṛtam) - wrong done, harm, injury

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apakṛta

apakṛta - harm, injury, wrong deed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do) with prefix apa

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

राजन् (rājan) - O King!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

निवसता (nivasatā) - by the one dwelling, by dwelling

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nivasat

nivasat - dwelling, residing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vas (to dwell) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mayā'

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

जिहीर्षुः (jihīrṣuḥ) - wishing to fetch, desirous of carrying away/fetching

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jihīrṣu

jihīrṣu - desirous of taking/fetching/carrying

Desiderative agent noun/adjective

Derived from desiderative of root hṛ (to carry, take)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'aham'

अम्भः (ambhaḥ) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ambhas

ambhas - water

गुरु-अर्थम् (guru-artham) - for the sake of the guru, for the guru

(indeclinable)

Adverbial compound (artha used as 'for the sake of')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guru+artha)

• guru – teacher, spiritual preceptor
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, sake
  noun (masculine)

यत् (yat) - that, because

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - that, which, because

Note: Used here as a conjunction 'that'

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck, hit

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāḍita

tāḍita - struck, hit, beaten

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root tāḍ (to strike)

Root: tāḍ (class 10)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

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