वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-58, verse-11

क्षत्रियो ऽहं दशरथो नाहं पुत्रो महात्मनः ।
सज्जनावमतं दुःखमिदं प्राप्तं स्वकर्मजम् ॥११॥

11. kṣatriyo'haṃ daśaratho nāhaṃ putro mahātmanaḥ ,
sajjanāvamataṃ duḥkhamidaṃ prāptaṃ svakarmajam.

11. kṣatriyaḥ aham daśarathaḥ na aham putraḥ mahātmanaḥ
sajjana avamatam duḥkham idam prāptam svakarmajam

11. aham kṣatriyaḥ daśarathaḥ aham mahātmanaḥ putraḥ
na idam sajjanāvamatam svakarmajam duḥkham prāptam

11. I am Daśaratha, a kṣatriya, but I am not truly the son of a great soul. This sorrow, which is condemned by virtuous people and born of my own actions (karma), I have now incurred.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a member of the warrior class, a ruler

• अहम् (aham) - I

• दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Daśaratha (name of a king)

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of a great soul, of a noble person

• सज्जन अवमतम् (sajjana avamatam) - scorned by good people

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, misery

• इदम् (idam) - this

• प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, reached, incurred

• स्वकर्मजम् (svakarmajam) - born from one's own actions (karma)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षत्रियः (kṣatriyaḥ) - a member of the warrior class, a ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - a warrior, a ruler, belonging to the kṣatriya varna

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself, ego

दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Daśaratha (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Daśaratha, father of Rama

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself, ego

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child, offspring

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of a great soul, of a noble person

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, a great person (ātman)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

सज्जन अवमतम् (sajjana avamatam) - scorned by good people

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sajjanāvamatam

sajjanāvamatam - scorned/disregarded by virtuous individuals

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sajjana+avamatam)

• sajjana – good person, virtuous person
  noun (masculine)
• avamata – scorned, despised, disrespected
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'man' (to think) with prefix 'ava' (down, away)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: man (class 4)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow, suffering, misery

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, distress

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, reached, incurred

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, acquired

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'āp' (to obtain) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

स्वकर्मजम् (svakarmajam) - born from one's own actions (karma)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svakarmaja

svakarmaja - born of one's own action/deed (karma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+karma+ja)

• sva – one's own, self
  pronoun
• karma – action, deed, consequence of actions
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born from, produced by
  suffix
  Derived from root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

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