वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-58, verse-46

पुत्रव्यसनजं दुःखं यदेतन्मम साम्प्रतम् ।
एवं त्वं पुत्रशोकेन राजन् कालं करिष्यसि ॥४६॥

46. putravyasanajaṃ duḥkhaṃ yadetanmama sāmpratam ,
evaṃ tvaṃ putraśokena rājan kālaṃ kariṣyasi.

46. putravyasanajam duḥkham yat etat mama sāmpratam
evam tvam putraśokena rājan kālam kariṣyasi

46. rājan,
yat etat sāmpratam mama putravyasanajam duḥkham (asti),
evam tvam putraśokena kālam kariṣyasi

46. "The grief (duḥkham) arising from the calamity of losing a son that is now mine – O King, you too shall similarly meet your end (kālam kariṣyasi) through the sorrow of losing a son."

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्रव्यसनजम् (putravyasanajam) - arising from the calamity of losing a son (born of the calamity/misfortune of a son)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - the grief (sorrow, pain, suffering)

• यत् (yat) - which (which, that)

• एतत् (etat) - this (sorrow) (this, this one)

• मम (mama) - mine (my, mine)

• साम्प्रतम् (sāmpratam) - at present (now, at present, at this time)

• एवम् (evam) - similarly, in this very way (thus, in this manner, so)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (King Daśaratha) (you)

• पुत्रशोकेन (putraśokena) - through the sorrow of losing a son (by the sorrow for a son, due to grief for a son)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (Daśaratha) (O King)

• कालम् (kālam) - (to meet) your end (in the idiom 'kālaṃ kṛ') (time, death)

• करिष्यसि (kariṣyasi) - you will meet (your end) (you will do, you will make)

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्रव्यसनजम् (putravyasanajam) - arising from the calamity of losing a son (born of the calamity/misfortune of a son)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of putravyasanaja

putravyasanaja - born of the calamity of a son

Compound type : tatpurusha (putra+vyasana+ja)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• vyasana – calamity, misfortune, addiction, vice
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: as (class 4)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix from root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: nominative singular neuter, agreeing with 'duḥkham'

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - the grief (sorrow, pain, suffering)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - pain, sorrow, suffering, misery

Note: nominative singular of 'duḥkha'

यत् (yat) - which (which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, that, because

Note: nominative singular neuter, referring to 'duḥkham'

एतत् (etat) - this (sorrow) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: nominative singular neuter of 'etad', referring to 'duḥkham'

मम (mama) - mine (my, mine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: genitive singular of 'aham'

साम्प्रतम् (sāmpratam) - at present (now, at present, at this time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

एवम् (evam) - similarly, in this very way (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of manner.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (King Daśaratha) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: nominative singular of 'yuṣmad'

पुत्रशोकेन (putraśokena) - through the sorrow of losing a son (by the sorrow for a son, due to grief for a son)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of putraśoka

putraśoka - sorrow for a son, grief for a child

Compound type : tatpurusha (putra+śoka)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  verbal noun from 'śuc' (to grieve)
  Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: instrumental singular of 'putraśoka'

राजन् (rājan) - O King (Daśaratha) (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: vocative singular of 'rājan'

कालम् (kālam) - (to meet) your end (in the idiom 'kālaṃ kṛ') (time, death)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, death, black

Note: accusative singular of 'kāla'. Used in the idiom 'kālaṃ kṛ' meaning 'to die'.

करिष्यसि (kariṣyasi) - you will meet (your end) (you will do, you will make)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Future 2nd singular active of 'kṛ'

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