वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-69, verse-22

पायसं कृसरं छागं वृथा सो ऽश्नातु निर्घृणः ।
गुरूंश्चाप्यवजानातु यस्यार्यो ऽनुमते गतः ॥२२॥

22. pāyasaṃ kṛsaraṃ chāgaṃ vṛthā so'śnātu nirghṛṇaḥ ,
gurūṃścāpyavajānātu yasyāryo'numate gataḥ.

22. pāyasam kṛsaram chāgam vṛthā saḥ aśnātu nirghṛṇaḥ
gurūn ca api avajānātu yasya āryaḥ anumate gataḥ

22. saḥ nirghṛṇaḥ vṛthā pāyasam kṛsaram chāgam aśnātu
ca api gurūn avajānātu yasya āryaḥ anumate gataḥ

22. May that heartless person improperly consume rice pudding, kṛsara, and goat meat, and may he also disrespect his teachers (guru)—he, by whose consent a noble person has departed.

Words meanings summery:

• पायसम् (pāyasam) - rice pudding, a milk dish

• कृसरम् (kṛsaram) - a dish of rice and sesame seeds or pulses

• छागम् (chāgam) - goat, goat meat

• वृथा (vṛthā) - improperly, without proper ritual, implying sinfulness in consumption (in vain, uselessly, improperly, without purpose or ritual)

• सः (saḥ) - that person (referring to the one being cursed) (he, that (person))

• अश्नातु (aśnātu) - may he eat or consume

• निर्घृणः (nirghṛṇaḥ) - merciless, heartless, cruel

• गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, elders, venerable persons

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अवजानातु (avajānātu) - may he disrespect, may he despise

• यस्य (yasya) - of him by whom (referring to the person cursed) (whose, of whom)

• आर्यः (āryaḥ) - noble person, honorable one, respectable

• अनुमते (anumate) - with consent, with permission, by agreement

• गतः (gataḥ) - departed (gone, departed, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

पायसम् (pāyasam) - rice pudding, a milk dish

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāyasa

pāyasa - milk dish, rice pudding

कृसरम् (kṛsaram) - a dish of rice and sesame seeds or pulses

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛsara

kṛsara - a dish of rice and sesame seeds or pulses

छागम् (chāgam) - goat, goat meat

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of chāga

chāga - goat, goat meat

Note: Refers to goat meat when consumed.

वृथा (vṛthā) - improperly, without proper ritual, implying sinfulness in consumption (in vain, uselessly, improperly, without purpose or ritual)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that person (referring to the one being cursed) (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अश्नातु (aśnātu) - may he eat or consume

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of aś

Imperative 3rd singular

Root: aś (class 9)

निर्घृणः (nirghṛṇaḥ) - merciless, heartless, cruel

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirghṛṇa

nirghṛṇa - merciless, heartless, cruel

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nir+ghṛṇā)

• nir – without, out, away
  indeclinable
• ghṛṇā – pity, compassion, kindness
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'saḥ'.

गुरून् (gurūn) - teachers, elders, venerable persons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual master, elder, venerable person

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अवजानातु (avajānātu) - may he disrespect, may he despise

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of avajñā

Imperative 3rd singular

Prefix: ava

Root: jñā (class 9)

यस्य (yasya) - of him by whom (referring to the person cursed) (whose, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to the 'saḥ nirghṛṇaḥ'.

आर्यः (āryaḥ) - noble person, honorable one, respectable

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, honorable, respectable person

अनुमते (anumate) - with consent, with permission, by agreement

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of anumati

anumati - consent, permission, agreement

Prefix: anu

Root: man

Note: Locative case indicates 'with respect to' or 'in the matter of', here implying 'with the consent of'.

गतः (gataḥ) - departed (gone, departed, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, understood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'āryaḥ'.

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