वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-64, verse-9

आत्मकामा सदा चण्डी क्रोधना प्राज्ञमानिनी ।
अरोगा चापि कैकेयी माता मे किमुवाच ह ॥९॥

9. ātmakāmā sadā caṇḍī krodhanā prājñamāninī ,
arogā cāpi kaikeyī mātā me kimuvāca ha.

9. ātmakāmā sadā caṇḍī krodhanā prājñamāninī
arogā ca api kaikeyī mātā me kim uvāca ha

9. me mātā kaikeyī ātmakāmā sadā caṇḍī krodhanā
prājñamāninī ca api arogā kim uvāca ha

9. What did my mother Kaikeyī say—she who is always self-centered, fierce, prone to anger, and considers herself wise? And is she also free from illness?

Words meanings summery:

• आत्मकामा (ātmakāmā) - self-centered, selfish

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever

• चण्डी (caṇḍī) - fierce, wrathful, passionate

• क्रोधना (krodhanā) - prone to anger, irritable

• प्राज्ञमानिनी (prājñamāninī) - considering herself wise, thinking herself learned

• अरोगा (arogā) - healthy, free from illness

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - One of King Dasaratha's wives, mother of Bharata. (Kaikeyi)

• माता (mātā) - mother

• मे (me) - my, of me

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• ह (ha) - Expresses emphasis or indicates a past event/question with a sense of wonder/eagerness. (indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

आत्मकामा (ātmakāmā) - self-centered, selfish

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ātmakāma

ātmakāma - self-desiring, selfish, self-centered

Compound: ātman (self) + kāma (desire)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+kāma)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, living principle
  noun (masculine)
• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever

(indeclinable)

चण्डी (caṇḍī) - fierce, wrathful, passionate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of caṇḍī

caṇḍī - fierce, passionate, wrathful, cruel (feminine form of caṇḍa)

क्रोधना (krodhanā) - prone to anger, irritable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of krodhana

krodhana - angry, wrathful, prone to anger

Derived from root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

प्राज्ञमानिनी (prājñamāninī) - considering herself wise, thinking herself learned

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prājñamānin

prājñamānin - considering oneself wise, conceited, vain of one's wisdom

Compound: prājña (wise) + mānin (considering oneself)

Compound type : tatpurusha (prājña+mānin)

• prājña – wise, learned, intelligent
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from pra-jñā (to know well)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• mānin – thinking, supposing, considering oneself
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  Derived from root man (to think) with suffix -in
  Root: man (class 4)

अरोगा (arogā) - healthy, free from illness

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of aroga

aroga - healthy, free from sickness, sound

Negative compound 'a' (not) + 'roga' (illness)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+roga)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• roga – illness, sickness, disease
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - One of King Dasaratha's wives, mother of Bharata. (Kaikeyi)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (proper name)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

किम् (kim) - what, why

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular Perfect Active

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - Expresses emphasis or indicates a past event/question with a sense of wonder/eagerness. (indeed, certainly, an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

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