वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-68, verse-4

भ्रूणहत्यामसि प्राप्ता कुलस्यास्य विनाशनात् ।
कैकेयि नरकं गच्छ मा च भर्तुः सलोकताम् ॥४॥

4. bhrūṇahatyāmasi prāptā kulasyāsya vināśanāt ,
kaikeyi narakaṃ gaccha mā ca bhartuḥ salokatām.

4. bhūṇahatyām asi prāptā kulasya asya vināśanāt
kaikeyi narakam gaccha mā ca bhartuḥ salokatām

4. he kaikeyi,
asya kulasya vināśanāt [tvaṃ] bhūṇahatyām prāptā asi narakam gaccha ca bhartuḥ salokatām mā [gaccha]

4. You have incurred the sin of killing an embryo (bhūṇahatya) by causing the destruction of this family. O Kaikeyi, go to hell, and do not attain the same world as your husband.

Words meanings summery:

• भूणहत्याम् (bhūṇahatyām) - the sin of killing an embryo (bhūṇahatya) (feticide, embryo-killing, child-murder)

• असि (asi) - you are

• प्राप्ता (prāptā) - incurred (obtained, reached, incurred, achieved)

• कुलस्य (kulasya) - of this family (Dasaratha's lineage) (of the family, of the lineage)

• अस्य (asya) - of this (family) (of this, of him, of it)

• विनाशनात् (vināśanāt) - by causing the destruction, because of the destruction (from destruction, due to destruction, because of annihilation)

• कैकेयि (kaikeyi) - O Kaikeyi (O Kaikeyi (name of a queen))

• नरकम् (narakam) - hell (hell, underworld)

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go (go, proceed)

• मा (mā) - do not (not, do not (prohibitive particle))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of your husband (Dasaratha) (of the husband, of the maintainer)

• सलोकताम् (salokatām) - companionship, dwelling in the same world (with your husband) (shared world, co-existence, companionship, dwelling in the same world)

Words meanings and morphology

भूणहत्याम् (bhūṇahatyām) - the sin of killing an embryo (bhūṇahatya) (feticide, embryo-killing, child-murder)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūṇahatyā

bhūṇahatyā - feticide, embryo-killing, child-murder

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhūṇa+hatyā)

• bhūṇa – embryo, fetus, unborn child
  noun (masculine)
• hatyā – killing, murder, slaughter
  noun (feminine)
  From root han 'to strike, kill'.
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Object of prāptā asi.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense

2nd person singular, parasmaipada.

Root: as (class 2)

प्राप्ता (prāptā) - incurred (obtained, reached, incurred, achieved)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, arrived, incurred

Past Passive Participle

From root āp 'to obtain' with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Predicative use, describing Kaikeyi.

कुलस्य (kulasya) - of this family (Dasaratha's lineage) (of the family, of the lineage)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, community

अस्य (asya) - of this (family) (of this, of him, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with kulasya.

विनाशनात् (vināśanāt) - by causing the destruction, because of the destruction (from destruction, due to destruction, because of annihilation)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vināśana

vināśana - destruction, ruin, annihilation

From root naś 'to perish' with prefix vi, forming a causative noun (nāśayati -> nāśana).

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 10)

कैकेयि (kaikeyi) - O Kaikeyi (O Kaikeyi (name of a queen))

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (proper name, queen of Dasaratha)

नरकम् (narakam) - hell (hell, underworld)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, purgatory, abyss

Note: Object of gaccha.

गच्छ (gaccha) - go (go, proceed)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Imperative Mood

2nd person singular, parasmaipada.

Root: gam (class 1)

मा (mā) - do not (not, do not (prohibitive particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with imperative for prohibition.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of your husband (Dasaratha) (of the husband, of the maintainer)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, maintainer, lord, master

Agent noun from root bhṛ 'to bear, support'.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

सलोकताम् (salokatām) - companionship, dwelling in the same world (with your husband) (shared world, co-existence, companionship, dwelling in the same world)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of salokatā

salokatā - state of being in the same world, co-existence, companionship

Derived from sa-loka (with world) + tā (suffix for abstract noun).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+loka+tā)

• sa – with, together with, having
  prefix
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: loc (class 10)
• tā – suffix for abstract noun, state of being
  suffix (feminine)
  Abstract noun forming suffix.

Note: Object of implied verb 'attain'.

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