वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-63, verse-17

शुष्यतीव च मे कण्ठो न स्वस्थमिव मे मनः ।
जुगुप्सन्निव चात्मानं न च पश्यामि कारणम् ॥१७॥

17. śuṣyatīva ca me kaṇṭho na svasthamiva me manaḥ ,
jugupsanniva cātmānaṃ na ca paśyāmi kāraṇam.

17. śuṣyati iva ca me kaṇṭhaḥ na svastham iva me manaḥ
jugupsan iva ca ātmānam na ca paśyāmi kāraṇam

17. me kaṇṭhaḥ iva śuṣyati ca me manaḥ iva svastham na
ca jugupsan iva ātmānam ca na kāraṇam ca na paśyāmi

17. My throat feels as if it is drying up, and my mind is not at ease. I am, as it were, disgusted with myself (ātman), yet I see no particular cause for it.

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्यति (śuṣyati) - dries up, withers

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - my, to me, of me

• कण्ठः (kaṇṭhaḥ) - throat, neck

• न (na) - not, no

• स्वस्थम् (svastham) - healthy, at ease, comfortable, in one's natural state

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• मे (me) - my, to me, of me

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

• जुगुप्सन् (jugupsan) - disgusted, abhorring, shrinking from

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• च (ca) - and, also

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul, spirit

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, motive

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्यति (śuṣyati) - dries up, withers

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √śuṣ

Root: √śuṣ (class 4)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

कण्ठः (kaṇṭhaḥ) - throat, neck

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaṇṭha

kaṇṭha - throat, neck

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्वस्थम् (svastham) - healthy, at ease, comfortable, in one's natural state

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svastha

svastha - healthy, well, at ease, comfortable, independent

Compound of 'sva' (self, own) and 'stha' (standing, being).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+stha)

• sva – self, own
  pronoun (masculine)
• stha – standing, being, existing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root √sthā (to stand).
  Root: √sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, spirit, soul, thought, intention

जुगुप्सन् (jugupsan) - disgusted, abhorring, shrinking from

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jugupsant

jugupsant - disgusted, abhorring, shrinking from

Present Active Participle

Derived from the desiderative stem of √gup (to protect, to conceal), implying a sense of shrinking back or disgust.

Root: √gup (class 1)

Note: Implied subject 'I'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul, spirit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, ego

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I perceive

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of √dṛś

The root √dṛś is conjugated as paśya- in the present tense.

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause, reason, motive

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive, origin

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

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