वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-60, verse-5

भर्तारं तं परित्यज्य का स्त्री दैवतमात्मनः ।
इच्छेज्जीवितुमन्यत्र कैकेय्यास्त्यक्तधर्मणः ॥५॥

5. bhartāraṃ taṃ parityajya kā strī daivatamātmanaḥ ,
icchejjīvitumanyatra kaikeyyāstyaktadharmaṇaḥ.

5. bhartāram tam parityajya kā strī daivatam ātmanaḥ
| icchet jīvitum anyatra kaikeyyāḥ tyaktadharmaṇaḥ

5. kā strī tam ātmanaḥ daivatam bhartāram parityajya
anyatra jīvitum icchet tyaktadharmaṇaḥ kaikeyyāḥ

5. Having abandoned such a husband, who is her very personal deity (devatā) (ātman), what woman would wish to live anywhere else, apart from Kaikeyi, who has forsaken her intrinsic nature (dharma)?

Words meanings summery:

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, sustainer

• तम् (tam) - that, such

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having forsaken

• का (kā) - what (feminine singular nominative)

• स्त्री (strī) - woman

• दैवतम् (daivatam) - deity, god, divine object of reverence

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself, one's own, personal (ātman)

• इच्छेत् (icchet) - would wish, should desire

• जीवितुम् (jīvitum) - to live

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, in another place

• कैकेय्याः (kaikeyyāḥ) - of Kaikeyi (daughter of King of Kekaya)

• त्यक्तधर्मणः (tyaktadharmaṇaḥ) - one who has abandoned her intrinsic nature (dharma) (one who has abandoned (their) natural law (dharma))

Words meanings and morphology

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband, sustainer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, sustainer, supporter

agent noun from root bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

तम् (tam) - that, such

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having forsaken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root tyaj + prefix pari + suffix -ya

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

का (kā) - what (feminine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

स्त्री (strī) - woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

दैवतम् (daivatam) - deity, god, divine object of reverence

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daivata

daivata - deity, divine object, god

derived from deva

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself, one's own, personal (ātman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, essence, personal deity

इच्छेत् (icchet) - would wish, should desire

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

जीवितुम् (jīvitum) - to live

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root jīv + suffix -tum

Root: jīv (class 1)

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - elsewhere, in another place

(indeclinable)

derived from anya + suffix -tra

कैकेय्याः (kaikeyyāḥ) - of Kaikeyi (daughter of King of Kekaya)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (a proper name, daughter of the King of Kekaya)

त्यक्तधर्मणः (tyaktadharmaṇaḥ) - one who has abandoned her intrinsic nature (dharma) (one who has abandoned (their) natural law (dharma))

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tyaktadharman

tyaktadharman - one who has abandoned their duty/righteousness/natural law (dharma)

compound: tyakta + dharman

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+dharman)

• tyakta – abandoned, forsaken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  root tyaj + suffix -ta
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• dharman – natural law (dharma), duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: feminine form of tyaktadharman

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