वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-66, verse-38

कच्चिन्न परदारान् वा राजपुत्रो ऽभिमन्यते ।
कस्मात् स दण्डकारण्ये भ्रूणहेव विवासितः ॥३८॥

38. kaccinna paradārān vā rājaputro'bhimanyate ,
kasmāt sa daṇḍakāraṇye bhrūṇaheva vivāsitaḥ.

38. kaccit na paradārān vā rājaputraḥ abhimanyate
kasmāt saḥ daṇḍakāraṇye bhrūṇahā iva vivāsitaḥ

38. kaccit rājaputraḥ paradārān vā na abhimanyate?
kasmāt saḥ bhrūṇahā iva daṇḍakāraṇye vivāsitaḥ?

38. Surely the prince does not covet the wives of others? Why, then, has he been banished to the Daṇḍaka forest as if he were an embryo-killer (bhrūṇahā)?

Words meanings summery:

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

• न (na) - not, no

• परदारान् (paradārān) - others' wives

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• राजपुत्रः (rājaputraḥ) - prince, son of a king

• अभिमन्यते (abhimanyate) - he covets, he desires, he thinks highly of

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• दण्डकारण्ये (daṇḍakāraṇye) - in the Daṇḍaka forest

• भ्रूणहा (bhrūṇahā) - embryo-killer, Brahmin-killer

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• विवासितः (vivāsitaḥ) - banished, exiled

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

परदारान् (paradārān) - others' wives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paradāra

paradāra - another's wife

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+dāra)

• para – other, another, foreign, supreme
  adjective
• dāra – wife
  noun (masculine)

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

राजपुत्रः (rājaputraḥ) - prince, son of a king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājaputra

rājaputra - prince, son of a king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+putra)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

अभिमन्यते (abhimanyate) - he covets, he desires, he thinks highly of

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Present tense, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada

Prefix: abhi

Root: man (class 4)

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which, why

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'why'.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दण्डकारण्ये (daṇḍakāraṇye) - in the Daṇḍaka forest

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of daṇḍakāraṇya

daṇḍakāraṇya - Daṇḍaka forest (a specific large forest in ancient India)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (daṇḍaka+araṇya)

• daṇḍaka – Daṇḍaka (name of a region/forest)
  proper noun (neuter)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness, desert
  noun (neuter)

भ्रूणहा (bhrūṇahā) - embryo-killer, Brahmin-killer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhrūṇahan

bhrūṇahan - killer of an embryo or a Brahmin (considered a grave sin)

Compound formed with root han (to kill) and bhrūṇa (embryo)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (bhrūṇa+han)

• bhrūṇa – embryo, fetus
  noun (neuter)
• han – killer, slayer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: han (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

विवासितः (vivāsitaḥ) - banished, exiled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vivāsita

vivāsita - banished, exiled, expelled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vas (to dwell) with prefix vi (away) and causative suffix -āpay- (to cause to leave) and past participle suffix -ta

Prefix: vi

Root: vas (class 1)