वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-69, verse-13

आर्ये कस्मादजानन्तं गर्हसे मामकिल्बिषम् ।
विपुलां च मम प्रीतिं स्थिरां जानासि राघवे ॥१३॥

13. ārye kasmādajānantaṃ garhase māmakilbiṣam ,
vipulāṃ ca mama prītiṃ sthirāṃ jānāsi rāghave.

13. ārye kasmāt ajānantam garhase mām akilbiṣam
vipulām ca mama prītim sthirām jānāsi rāghave

13. ārye,
kasmāt ajānantam akilbiṣam mām garhase? ca mama vipulām sthirām prītim rāghave jānāsi.

13. O noble lady, why do you blame me, who am innocent and unaware (of these events)? You also know my immense and unwavering affection for Rama (Rāghava).

Words meanings summery:

• आर्ये (ārye) - O noble lady, O venerable one

• कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what, for what reason

• अजानन्तम् (ajānantam) - unknowing, ignorant, unaware

• गर्हसे (garhase) - you blame, you reproach, you censure

• माम् (mām) - me

• अकिल्बिषम् (akilbiṣam) - innocent, faultless, sinless

• विपुलाम् (vipulām) - vast, great, immense

• च (ca) - and, also

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• प्रीतिम् (prītim) - affection, love, joy, satisfaction

• स्थिराम् (sthirām) - steady, firm, unwavering

• जानासि (jānāsi) - you know, you understand

• राघवे (rāghave) - for Rama (in/towards Rama, to the descendant of Raghu)

Words meanings and morphology

आर्ये (ārye) - O noble lady, O venerable one

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of āryā

āryā - noble lady, respectable woman

कस्मात् (kasmāt) - why, from what, for what reason

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used adverbially as 'why?'

अजानन्तम् (ajānantam) - unknowing, ignorant, unaware

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajānat

ajānat - not knowing, ignorant, unaware

Present Active Participle

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+jānat)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• jānat – knowing, perceiving
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Root: jñā (class 9)

गर्हसे (garhase) - you blame, you reproach, you censure

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of garh

Root: garh (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अकिल्बिषम् (akilbiṣam) - innocent, faultless, sinless

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of akilbiṣa

akilbiṣa - innocent, faultless, sinless

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+kilbiṣa)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• kilbiṣa – fault, sin, offence, guilt
  noun (neuter)

विपुलाम् (vipulām) - vast, great, immense

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vipulā

vipula - large, extensive, abundant, vast

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

प्रीतिम् (prītim) - affection, love, joy, satisfaction

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prīti

prīti - affection, love, joy, satisfaction

Root: prī (class 9)

स्थिराम् (sthirām) - steady, firm, unwavering

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sthirā

sthira - firm, steady, stable, constant

Root: sthā (class 1)

जानासि (jānāsi) - you know, you understand

(verb)

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

Root: jñā (class 9)

राघवे (rāghave) - for Rama (in/towards Rama, to the descendant of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, name of Rama

Note: Locative case used to indicate the object of affection.

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