वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-57, verse-7

सो ऽहमाम्रवणं छित्त्वा पलाशांश्च न्यषेचयम् ।
रामं फलागमे त्यक्त्वा पश्चाच्छोचामि दुर्मतिः ॥७॥

7. so'hamāmravaṇaṃ chittvā palāśāṃśca nyaṣecayam ,
rāmaṃ phalāgame tyaktvā paścācchocāmi durmatiḥ.

7. saḥ aham āmravaṇaṃ chittvā palāśān ca nyaṣecayam
| rāmaṃ phalāgame tyaktvā paścāt śocāmi durmatiḥ

7. saḥ durmatiḥ aham āmravaṇaṃ chittvā palāśān ca
nyaṣecayam phalāgame rāmaṃ tyaktvā paścāt śocāmi

7. I am that foolish person (durmati)! Having cut down a mango grove and watered *palāśa* trees, I now grieve afterward, having abandoned Rāma at the time of fruit-bearing.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that (person), referring to himself in a critical way (that, he)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• आम्रवणं (āmravaṇaṁ) - mango grove

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, after cutting

• पलाशान् (palāśān) - palāśa trees (plural)

• च (ca) - and, also

• न्यषेचयम् (nyaṣecayam) - I watered, I sprinkled

• रामम् (rāmam) - Prince Rāma (Rāma)

• फलागमे (phalāgame) - (at the time of) fruit-bearing (in a figurative sense, referring to Rāma's prosperity or return) (at the arrival of fruit, when fruit comes)

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

• शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve, I lament

• दुर्मतिः (durmatiḥ) - that foolish one (referring to himself, Dasharatha) (foolish, evil-minded, ignorant)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that (person), referring to himself in a critical way (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Often used with 'aham' to mean 'I, that person'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

आम्रवणं (āmravaṇaṁ) - mango grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āmravaṇa

āmravaṇa - mango grove, mango forest

Compound type : tatpurusha (āmra+vaṇa)

• āmra – mango tree, mango fruit
  noun (masculine)
• vaṇa – forest, grove, thicket
  noun (neuter)

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, after cutting

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root √chid + tvā suffix

Root: chid (class 7)

पलाशान् (palāśān) - palāśa trees (plural)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of palāśa

palāśa - Butea monosperma (a tree also known as "Flame of the Forest"), leaf

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

न्यषेचयम् (nyaṣecayam) - I watered, I sprinkled

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of niṣiñc

imperfect active indicative

with prefix ni; first person singular

Prefix: ni

Root: siñc (class 6)

रामम् (rāmam) - Prince Rāma (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, the hero of the Rāmāyaṇa); pleasing, charming

Root: ram (class 1)

फलागमे (phalāgame) - (at the time of) fruit-bearing (in a figurative sense, referring to Rāma's prosperity or return) (at the arrival of fruit, when fruit comes)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of phalāgama

phalāgama - arrival of fruit, coming of fruit

Compound type : tatpurusha (phala+āgama)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• āgama – arrival, coming, acquisition
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Metaphorically referring to the time when Rāma would have brought prosperity or when his virtues would have manifested.

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having left

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root √tyaj + tvā suffix

Root: tyaj (class 1)

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

(indeclinable)

शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve, I lament

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √śuc

present active indicative

first person singular

Root: śuc (class 1)

दुर्मतिः (durmatiḥ) - that foolish one (referring to himself, Dasharatha) (foolish, evil-minded, ignorant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durmati

durmati - foolish, stupid, evil-minded, ill-disposed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+mati)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  prefix
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, intention
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

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