वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-57, verse-9

संमोहादिह बालेन यथा स्याद्भक्षितं विषम् ।
एवं ममाप्यविज्ञातं शब्दवेध्यमयं फलम् ॥९॥

9. saṃmohādiha bālena yathā syādbhakṣitaṃ viṣam ,
evaṃ mamāpyavijñātaṃ śabdavedhyamayaṃ phalam.

9. saṃmohāt iha bālena yathā syāt bhakṣitam viṣam
| evam mama api avijñātam śabdavedhamayam phalam

9. iha saṃmohāt bālena yathā viṣam bhakṣitam syāt
evam mama api avijñātam śabdavedhamayam phalam

9. Just as a child might ignorantly eat poison due to delusion (saṃmoha), so too has this consequence, stemming from my sound-piercing (śabdavedha) act, come to pass unbeknownst to me.

Words meanings summery:

• संमोहात् (saṁmohāt) - due to delusion (from delusion, due to bewilderment)

• इह (iha) - in this situation (here, in this world, in this matter)

• बालेन (bālena) - by a child (by a child, by a foolish person)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

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

• भक्षितम् (bhakṣitam) - might be eaten (eaten, consumed)

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

• एवम् (evam) - so too (thus, so, in this way)

• मम (mama) - my (fruit) (my, to me)

• अपि (api) - so too (also, even, too)

• अविज्ञातम् (avijñātam) - unknown to me (i.e. unwittingly) (unknown, unrecognized, ignorantly)

• शब्दवेधमयम् (śabdavedhamayam) - (fruit) of my sound-piercing (act) (relating to sound-piercing, consisting of sound-piercing)

• फलम् (phalam) - (this) consequence, result (fruit, result, consequence)

Words meanings and morphology

संमोहात् (saṁmohāt) - due to delusion (from delusion, due to bewilderment)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of saṃmoha

saṁmoha - delusion, bewilderment, infatuation, confusion

derived from √muh with sam prefix

Prefix: sam

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Indicates cause.

इह (iha) - in this situation (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

बालेन (bālena) - by a child (by a child, by a foolish person)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, foolish, ignorant

Note: Agent of 'bhakṣitam'.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

optative active

third person singular

Root: as (class 2)

भक्षितम् (bhakṣitam) - might be eaten (eaten, consumed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhakṣita

bhakṣita - eaten, consumed, devoured

Past Passive Participle

from causative of √bhaj (1st, bhvādi) + kta suffix, or directly from √bhakṣ (1st, bhvādi)

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

विषम् (viṣam) - poison, venom

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom, bane

Note: Subject of 'bhakṣitam syāt'.

एवम् (evam) - so too (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my (fruit) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive, "my fruit".

अपि (api) - so too (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

अविज्ञातम् (avijñātam) - unknown to me (i.e. unwittingly) (unknown, unrecognized, ignorantly)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avijñāta

avijñāta - unknown, unrecognized, unaware, ignorant

Past Passive Participle (negative)

from √jñā (9th, kryādi) with vi prefix and 'a' negative prefix; kta suffix

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+vijñāta)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• vijñāta – known, understood, perceived
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √jñā with vi prefix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Implies 'ignorantly' or 'unwittingly' on the part of the speaker.

शब्दवेधमयम् (śabdavedhamayam) - (fruit) of my sound-piercing (act) (relating to sound-piercing, consisting of sound-piercing)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śabdavedhamaya

śabdavedhamaya - consisting of or relating to hitting by sound

formed with the mayat suffix indicating "consisting of"

Compound type : tatpurusha (śabdavedha+maya)

• śabdavedha – hitting by sound, sound-piercing
  noun (masculine)
  from śabda + √vyadh
  Root: vyadh (class 4)
• maya – consisting of, full of
  suffix (neuter)
  mayat suffix

फलम् (phalam) - (this) consequence, result (fruit, result, consequence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Subject of implied 'asti'.

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