वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-67, verse-8

तस्याः पुत्रं कृतात्मानं चीरवल्कलवाससं ।
प्रस्थाप्य वनवासाय कथं पापे न शोचसि ॥८॥

8. tasyāḥ putraṃ kṛtātmānaṃ cīravalkalavāsasaṃ ,
prasthāpya vanavāsāya kathaṃ pāpe na śocasi.

8. tasyāḥ putram kṛtātmānam cīravalkalavāsasam
prasthāpya vanavāsāya katham pāpe na śocasi

8. pāpe katham na śocasi tasyāḥ kṛtātmānam
cīravalkalavāsasam putram vanavāsāya prasthāpya

8. Having sent her son, a self-controlled (ātman) man wearing bark and rags, into forest exile, how, O sinful woman, do you not grieve?

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her (referring to Kausalya) (her, of her)

• पुत्रम् (putram) - her son (Rama) (son)

• कृतात्मानम् (kṛtātmānam) - self-controlled (ātman) man (self-controlled, accomplished soul)

• चीरवल्कलवाससम् (cīravalkalavāsasam) - wearing bark and rags (wearing bark and rags/garments)

• प्रस्थाप्य (prasthāpya) - having sent (into exile) (having sent forth, having dispatched, having caused to go)

• वनवासाय (vanavāsāya) - for forest exile (for forest dwelling, for forest exile)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, why?)

• पापे (pāpe) - O sinful woman (vocative, addressing Kaikeyi) (O sinful one, O wicked woman)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शोचसि (śocasi) - you grieve (you grieve, you lament)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her (referring to Kausalya) (her, of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her

पुत्रम् (putram) - her son (Rama) (son)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

कृतात्मानम् (kṛtātmānam) - self-controlled (ātman) man (self-controlled, accomplished soul)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛtātman

kṛtātman - one whose soul is accomplished, self-controlled, purified in spirit

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+ātman)

• kṛta – done, made, accomplished, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root kṛ- 'to do, make'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: agrees with 'putram'

चीरवल्कलवाससम् (cīravalkalavāsasam) - wearing bark and rags (wearing bark and rags/garments)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cīravalkalavāsas

cīravalkalavāsas - wearing bark garments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cīra+valkala+vāsas)

• cīra – strip of bark, rag, old clothes
  noun (neuter)
• valkala – bark (of trees, used as clothing for ascetics)
  noun (masculine)
• vāsas – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)

Note: agrees with 'putram'

प्रस्थाप्य (prasthāpya) - having sent (into exile) (having sent forth, having dispatched, having caused to go)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive from causative of root sthā- with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

वनवासाय (vanavāsāya) - for forest exile (for forest dwelling, for forest exile)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vanavāsa

vanavāsa - dwelling in a forest, forest exile

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+vāsa)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• vāsa – dwelling, residence, abode
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root vas- 'to dwell'
  Root: vas (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, why?)

(indeclinable)

पापे (pāpe) - O sinful woman (vocative, addressing Kaikeyi) (O sinful one, O wicked woman)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of pāpā

pāpa - sinful, wicked, evil; sin, evil

Note: feminine form of 'pāpa' in vocative singular

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शोचसि (śocasi) - you grieve (you grieve, you lament)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of śuc

present indicative

root śuc, parasmaipada, 1st conjugation

Root: śuc (class 1)

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