वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-65, verse-21

अनिष्टानि च पापानि पश्यामि विविधानि च ।
निमित्तान्यमनोज्ञानि तेन सीदति ते मनः ॥२१॥

21. aniṣṭāni ca pāpāni paśyāmi vividhāni ca ,
nimittānyamanojñāni tena sīdati te manaḥ.

21. aniṣṭāni ca pāpāni paśyāmi vividhāni ca
nimittāni amanojñāni tena sīdati te manaḥ

21. aham aniṣṭāni ca pāpāni ca vividhāni amanojñāni
nimittāni paśyāmi tena te manaḥ sīdati

21. I see various undesirable, evil, and unpleasant omens. Therefore, your mind (manas) is sinking into dejection.

Words meanings summery:

• अनिष्टानि (aniṣṭāni) - undesirable, inauspicious, bad

• च (ca) - and

• पापानि (pāpāni) - sinful, evil, bad things

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

• च (ca) - and

• निमित्तानि (nimittāni) - omens, signs, causes

• अमनोज्ञानि (amanojñāni) - unpleasant, disagreeable, unattractive

• तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

• सीदति (sīdati) - sinks, becomes dejected, perishes

• ते (te) - your, to you

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

Words meanings and morphology

अनिष्टानि (aniṣṭāni) - undesirable, inauspicious, bad

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aniṣṭa

aniṣṭa - undesirable, inauspicious, evil, bad

Past Passive Participle

Derived from a-ni-√iṣ (not desired)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+iṣṭa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• iṣṭa – desired, wished, beloved
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √iṣ (to desire)
  Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'nimittāni'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पापानि (pāpāni) - sinful, evil, bad things

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pāpa

pāpa - evil, bad, sinful, vice, sin

Note: Modifies 'nimittāni'.

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

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

Present stem paśya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Null subject 'aham' (I).

विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, of many kinds

Note: Modifies 'nimittāni'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निमित्तानि (nimittāni) - omens, signs, causes

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nimitta

nimitta - sign, omen, cause, motive, mark

Note: Object of 'paśyāmi'.

अमनोज्ञानि (amanojñāni) - unpleasant, disagreeable, unattractive

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of amanojña

amanojña - unpleasant, disagreeable, unattractive

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+manojña)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• manojña – agreeable to the mind, pleasant, charming
  adjective (neuter)
  From manas (mind) + √jñā (to know/perceive)

Note: Modifies 'nimittāni'.

तेन (tena) - by that, therefore

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Used adverbially to mean "therefore" or "because of that".

सीदति (sīdati) - sinks, becomes dejected, perishes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sad

Root: sad (class 1)

ते (te) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Also dative singular. Here, possessive.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, consciousness

Note: Subject of 'sīdati'.

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