वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-60, verse-6

न लुब्धो बुध्यते दोषान् किं पाकमिव भक्षयन् ।
कुब्जानिमित्तं कैकेय्या राघवाणान् कुलं हतम् ॥६॥

6. na lubdho budhyate doṣān kiṃ pākamiva bhakṣayan ,
kubjānimittaṃ kaikeyyā rāghavāṇān kulaṃ hatam.

6. na lubdhaḥ budhyate doṣān kim pākam iva bhakṣayan
| kubjānimittam kaikeyyā rāghavāṇām kulam hatam

6. lubdhaḥ doṣān na budhyate pākam bhakṣayan iva kim (sa doṣān
budhyate)? kubjānimittam kaikeyyā rāghavāṇām kulam hatam

6. A greedy person does not comprehend faults, just as one consuming a ripe fruit (pāka) fails to see its hidden defects. Due to Kubjā (Mantharā), Kaikeyi has destroyed the lineage of the Raghus.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• लुब्धः (lubdhaḥ) - greedy person, covetous

• बुध्यते (budhyate) - perceives, understands, knows

• दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, evils

• किम् (kim) - what, how (interrogative particle)

• पाकम् (pākam) - ripe fruit (metaphorically, something appearing good but with hidden flaws) (ripe fruit, consequence, cooked food)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• भक्षयन् (bhakṣayan) - consuming, devouring, eating

• कुब्जानिमित्तम् (kubjānimittam) - on account of Kubjā (Mantharā)

• कैकेय्या (kaikeyyā) - by Kaikeyi

• राघवाणाम् (rāghavāṇām) - of the Raghus, of the descendants of Raghu

• कुलम् (kulam) - family, lineage, race

• हतम् (hatam) - destroyed, killed, struck

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

लुब्धः (lubdhaḥ) - greedy person, covetous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lubdha

lubdha - greedy, covetous, eager, a hunter

Past Passive Participle

root lubh + suffix -ta

Root: lubh (class 4)

बुध्यते (budhyate) - perceives, understands, knows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of budh

Root: budh (class 4)

दोषान् (doṣān) - faults, defects, evils

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin

किम् (kim) - what, how (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

पाकम् (pākam) - ripe fruit (metaphorically, something appearing good but with hidden flaws) (ripe fruit, consequence, cooked food)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāka

pāka - ripening, maturity, cooking, cooked food, result, consequence

root pac

Root: pac (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

भक्षयन् (bhakṣayan) - consuming, devouring, eating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhakṣat

bhakṣat - eating, devouring

Present Active Participle

root bhakṣ + suffix -śatṛ

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

कुब्जानिमित्तम् (kubjānimittam) - on account of Kubjā (Mantharā)

(indeclinable)

compound: kubjā + nimitta, used as an adverb

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kubjā+nimitta)

• kubjā – hunchbacked woman, (proper name) Mantharā
  proper noun (feminine)
• nimitta – cause, reason, on account of
  noun (neuter)

Note: used adverbially

कैकेय्या (kaikeyyā) - by Kaikeyi

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

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

राघवाणाम् (rāghavāṇām) - of the Raghus, of the descendants of Raghu

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, a name for Rama

derived from Raghu

कुलम् (kulam) - family, lineage, race

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, clan

हतम् (hatam) - destroyed, killed, struck

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hata

hata - destroyed, killed, struck

Past Passive Participle

root han + suffix -ta

Root: han (class 2)

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