वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-8, verse-16

असावत्यन्तनिर्भग्नस्तव पुत्रो भविष्यति ।
अनाथवत् सुखेभ्यश्च राजवंशाच्च वत्सले ॥१६॥

16. asāvatyantanirbhagnastava putro bhaviṣyati ,
anāthavat sukhebhyaśca rājavaṃśācca vatsale.

16. asau atyantanirbhagnaḥ tava putraḥ bhaviṣyati
anāthavat sukhebhyaḥ ca rājavaṃśāt ca vatsale

16. vatsale asau tava putraḥ atyantanirbhagnaḥ bhaviṣyati.
ca sukhebhyaḥ ca rājavaṃśāt anāthavat (bhaviṣyati)

16. That son of yours, O affectionate one, will be utterly disgraced. Like an orphan, he will be deprived of joys and from the royal lineage.

Words meanings summery:

• असौ (asau) - that son (Bharata) (that (person), he)

• अत्यन्तनिर्भग्नः (atyantanirbhagnaḥ) - utterly disgraced, completely shattered, entirely broken

• तव (tava) - your

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - Bharata (son, offspring)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, shall be, will become

• अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like an orphan, like one without a protector

• सुखेभ्यः (sukhebhyaḥ) - deprived of joys (from joys, from pleasures)

• च (ca) - and, also

• राजवंशात् (rājavaṁśāt) - excluded from the royal lineage. (from the royal lineage, from the dynasty of kings)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वत्सले (vatsale) - Addressing Kaikeyī, perhaps ironically or to highlight her duty as a mother. (O affectionate one, O loving one)

Words meanings and morphology

असौ (asau) - that son (Bharata) (that (person), he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, he, she, it (referring to something distant or pointed out)

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

अत्यन्तनिर्भग्नः (atyantanirbhagnaḥ) - utterly disgraced, completely shattered, entirely broken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of atyantanirbhagna

atyantanirbhagna - utterly disgraced, completely shattered, entirely broken

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (atyanta+nirbhagna)

• atyanta – extreme, excessive, unending
  adjective (masculine)
  Compound of 'ati' and 'anta'.
  Prefix: ati
• nirbhagna – broken, shattered, defeated, disgraced
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From nir + root bhañj (to break).
  Prefix: nir
  Root: bhañj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies `putraḥ`.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - Bharata (son, offspring)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, offspring

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, shall be, will become

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (luṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like an orphan, like one without a protector

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'anātha' (orphan, helpless) with the suffix '-vat' (like, similar to).

Note: Adverbial usage.

सुखेभ्यः (sukhebhyaḥ) - deprived of joys (from joys, from pleasures)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of sukha

sukha - joy, happiness, pleasure, comfort

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

राजवंशात् (rājavaṁśāt) - excluded from the royal lineage. (from the royal lineage, from the dynasty of kings)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rājavaṃśa

rājavaṁśa - royal lineage, dynasty of kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+vaṃśa)

• rājan – king, royal
  noun (masculine)
• vaṃśa – lineage, family, bamboo
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वत्सले (vatsale) - Addressing Kaikeyī, perhaps ironically or to highlight her duty as a mother. (O affectionate one, O loving one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vatsalā

vatsalā - affectionate, loving, tender, fond

Feminine form of vatsala.

Note: Used as a vocative.

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