वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-69, verse-7

प्रस्थाप्य चीरवसनं पुत्रं मे वनवासिनम् ।
कैकेयी कं गुणं तत्र पश्यति क्रूरदर्शिनी ॥७॥

7. prasthāpya cīravasanaṃ putraṃ me vanavāsinam ,
kaikeyī kaṃ guṇaṃ tatra paśyati krūradarśinī.

7. prasthāpya cīra vasanam putram me vanavāsinam
kaikeyī kam guṇam tatra paśyati krūradarśinī

7. krūradarśinī kaikeyī me putram cīra vasanam
vanavāsinam prasthāpya tatra kam guṇam paśyati

7. Having sent my son, clad in bark garments, into forest exile, what advantage does the cruel-minded Kaikeyi perceive in that (deed)?

Words meanings summery:

• प्रस्थाप्य (prasthāpya) - having sent forth, having dispatched

• चीर (cīra) - bark, bark garment

• वसनम् (vasanam) - garment, clothes, dwelling

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• मे (me) - my, to me

• वनवासिनम् (vanavāsinam) - residing in the forest, an exile

• कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyi (mother of Bharata)

• कम् (kam) - what (masculine accusative singular)

• गुणम् (guṇam) - quality, virtue, merit, advantage

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that (context)

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, observes, perceives

• क्रूरदर्शिनी (krūradarśinī) - cruel-sighted, seeing cruelly, cruel-minded

Words meanings and morphology

प्रस्थाप्य (prasthāpya) - having sent forth, having dispatched

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with prefix

from root sthā (to stand) with prefix pra, causative form, then -ya suffix for absolutive

Prefix: pra

Root: sthā (class 1)

चीर (cīra) - bark, bark garment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cīra

cīra - bark, strip of bark, bark garment

Note: First part of implied compound 'cīra-vasana'.

वसनम् (vasanam) - garment, clothes, dwelling

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vasana

vasana - garment, clothing, dwelling

Root: vas (class 2)

Note: Forms a descriptive phrase 'cīra-vasana' (garment of bark), describing 'putram'.

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

Note: Object of 'prasthāpya'.

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

1st person singular, dative/genitive case, enclitic form

Note: Possessive pronoun modifying 'putram'.

वनवासिनम् (vanavāsinam) - residing in the forest, an exile

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vanavāsin

vanavāsin - forest-dweller, hermit, one residing in the forest

Agent noun / Adjective

from vana (forest) + vāsin (dweller)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+vāsin)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• vāsin – dweller, inhabitant, residing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun from root vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'putram'.

कैकेयी (kaikeyī) - Kaikeyi (mother of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (proper name, mother of Bharata)

Note: Subject of 'paśyati'.

कम् (kam) - what (masculine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

Note: Interrogative pronoun, object of 'paśyati' and qualifying 'guṇam'.

गुणम् (guṇam) - quality, virtue, merit, advantage

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, merit, advantage

Note: Object of 'paśyati'.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that (context)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the act of sending Rama to the forest.

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, observes, perceives

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present Active

3rd person singular, present active, parasmaipada, from root dṛś (class 1, irregular stem paśya)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

क्रूरदर्शिनी (krūradarśinī) - cruel-sighted, seeing cruelly, cruel-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of krūradarśin

krūradarśin - cruel-sighted, one who sees cruelly, malicious

Compound type : tatpurusha (krūra+darśin)

• krūra – cruel, fierce, harsh
  adjective (masculine)
• darśin – seeing, showing, perceiving, one who sees
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun / Adjective
  from root dṛś (to see) with -in suffix
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'kaikeyī'.

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