वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-67, verse-2

किं नुण्कार्यं हतस्येह मम राज्येन शोचतः ।
विहीनस्याथ पित्रा च भ्रात्रा पितृसमेन च ॥२॥

2. kiṃ nuṇkāryaṃ hatasyeha mama rājyena śocataḥ ,
vihīnasyātha pitrā ca bhrātrā pitṛsamena ca.

2. kim nu kāryam hatasya iha mama rājyena śocataḥ
vihīnasya atha pitrā ca bhrātrā pitṛsamena ca

2. iha hatasya śocataḥ pitrā pitṛsamena bhrātrā
ca vihīnasya mama rājyena kim nu kāryam atha

2. What purpose is there for me, devastated and grieving here, in a kingdom, when I am deprived of my father and a brother who was like a father?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what purpose (what, which)

• नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, use (work, duty, purpose, action to be done)

• हतस्य (hatasya) - of me, who is devastated/bereaved (of the slain, of the destroyed, of the bereaved)

• इह (iha) - here (in this situation/place) (here, in this world, in this matter)

• मम (mama) - my, for me (my, of me, to me)

• राज्येन (rājyena) - by the kingdom (instrumental of purpose/association) (by the kingdom, by sovereignty)

• शोचतः (śocataḥ) - of me, who is grieving (of him who grieves, lamenting)

• विहीनस्य (vihīnasya) - of me, who is deprived (of him who is deprived, bereft, devoid of)

• अथ (atha) - and, moreover (then, thereupon, and, moreover)

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by the brother

• पितृसमेन (pitṛsamena) - by a brother who was like a father (by one equal to a father)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what purpose (what, which)

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, now, then

(indeclinable)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - purpose, use (work, duty, purpose, action to be done)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, fit to be done, duty, action, business, purpose

Gerundive

From root kṛ (to do, to make) with suffix -ya (or -ṇya).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

हतस्य (hatasya) - of me, who is devastated/bereaved (of the slain, of the destroyed, of the bereaved)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hata

hata - slain, killed, struck, destroyed, ruined, bereaved

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, to kill).

Root: han (class 2)

इह (iha) - here (in this situation/place) (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, for me (my, of me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

राज्येन (rājyena) - by the kingdom (instrumental of purpose/association) (by the kingdom, by sovereignty)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, realm, sovereignty, kingship

From rājan (king) with suffix -ya (forming abstract noun).

शोचतः (śocataḥ) - of me, who is grieving (of him who grieves, lamenting)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śocat

śocat - grieving, lamenting, sorrowing

Present Active Participle

From root śuc (to grieve, to sorrow).

Root: śuc (class 1)

विहीनस्य (vihīnasya) - of me, who is deprived (of him who is deprived, bereft, devoid of)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vihīna

vihīna - deprived of, bereft of, devoid of, wanting

Past Passive Participle

From root hā (to abandon, to quit) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

अथ (atha) - and, moreover (then, thereupon, and, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - by the brother

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

पितृसमेन (pitṛsamena) - by a brother who was like a father (by one equal to a father)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛsama

pitṛsama - equal to a father, like a father

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+sama)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

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