वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-66, verse-37

कच्चिन्न ब्राह्मणवधं हृतं रामेण कस्य चित् ।
कच्चिन्नाढ्यो दरिद्रो वा तेनापापो विहिंसितः ॥३७॥

37. kaccinna brāhmaṇavadhaṃ hṛtaṃ rāmeṇa kasya cit ,
kaccinnāḍhyo daridro vā tenāpāpo vihiṃsitaḥ.

37. kaccit na brāhmaṇavadham hṛtam rāmeṇa kasya cit
kaccit na āḍhyaḥ daridraḥ vā tena apāpaḥ vihiṃsitaḥ

37. kaccit rāmeṇa kasya cit brāhmaṇavadham na hṛtam?
kaccit tena āḍhyaḥ daridraḥ vā apāpaḥ na vihiṃsitaḥ?

37. Surely Rama has not committed the slaying of any Brahmin? Has he not, by chance, harmed any innocent person, be they rich or poor?

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - surely?, I hope that..., is it not?

• न (na) - not, no

• ब्राह्मणवधम् (brāhmaṇavadham) - Brahmin-slaughter, killing of a Brahmin

• हृतम् (hṛtam) - committed (a wrong) (done, committed, taken)

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama

• कस्य (kasya) - of any (person) (of whom, of what)

• चित् (cit) - some, any (indefinite particle)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - surely?, I hope that..., is it not?

• न (na) - not, no

• आढ्यः (āḍhyaḥ) - rich, wealthy

• दरिद्रः (daridraḥ) - poor, indigent

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• तेन (tena) - by him (Rama) (by him)

• अपापः (apāpaḥ) - innocent, sinless

• विहिंसितः (vihiṁsitaḥ) - harmed, injured, killed

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - surely?, I hope that..., is it not?

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणवधम् (brāhmaṇavadham) - Brahmin-slaughter, killing of a Brahmin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇavadha

brāhmaṇavadha - killing of a Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brāhmaṇa+vadha)

• brāhmaṇa – Brahmin, relating to Brahman
  noun (masculine)
• vadha – killing, slaughter, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

हृतम् (hṛtam) - committed (a wrong) (done, committed, taken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛta

hṛta - taken, carried, done, committed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛ with suffix -ta

Root: hṛ (class 1)

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of the hero of Ramayana)

कस्य (kasya) - of any (person) (of whom, of what)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

चित् (cit) - some, any (indefinite particle)

(indeclinable)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - surely?, I hope that..., is it not?

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आढ्यः (āḍhyaḥ) - rich, wealthy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āḍhya

āḍhya - rich, wealthy, opulent

दरिद्रः (daridraḥ) - poor, indigent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daridra

daridra - poor, indigent, needy

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by him (Rama) (by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपापः (apāpaḥ) - innocent, sinless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apāpa

apāpa - sinless, innocent, virtuous, free from evil

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pāpa)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• pāpa – sin, evil, wicked
  noun (neuter)

विहिंसितः (vihiṁsitaḥ) - harmed, injured, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vihiṃsita

vihiṁsita - harmed, injured, killed, damaged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hiṃs with prefix vi and suffix -ta

Prefix: vi

Root: hiṃs (class 10)

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