वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-8, verse-26

दर्पान्निराकृता पूर्वं त्वया सौभाग्यवत्तया ।
राममाता सपत्नी ते कथं वैरं न यातयेत् ॥२६॥

26. darpānnirākṛtā pūrvaṃ tvayā saubhāgyavattayā ,
rāmamātā sapatnī te kathaṃ vairaṃ na yātayet.

26. darpāt nirākṛtā pūrvam tvayā saubhāgyavattayā
rāmamātā sapatnī te katham vairam na yātayet

26. tvayā pūrvam saubhāgyavattayā darpāt nirākṛtā
te sapatnī rāmamātā vairam katham na yātayet?

26. How would Rāma's mother (Kausalyā), your co-wife, not repay your previous rejection, which was done by you out of pride due to your good fortune?

Words meanings summery:

• दर्पात् (darpāt) - due to pride (from pride, due to arrogance)

• निराकृता (nirākṛtā) - rejected, scorned (rejected, set aside, dismissed)

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously (before, formerly, previously)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• सौभाग्यवत्तया (saubhāgyavattayā) - due to your good fortune/prominence (by means of good fortune, due to prosperity, by virtue of beauty)

• राममाता (rāmamātā) - Rama's mother (Kausalya)

• सपत्नी (sapatnī) - co-wife (co-wife, rival wife)

• ते (te) - your (your (genitive/dative of 'yuṣmad'))

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• वैरम् (vairam) - enmity (enmity, hostility, hatred)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• यातयेत् (yātayet) - she would repay / inflict (enmity) (she would cause to go, she would return, she would inflict)

Words meanings and morphology

दर्पात् (darpāt) - due to pride (from pride, due to arrogance)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of darpa

darpa - pride, arrogance, haughtiness, conceit

Derived from the root 'dṛp' (to be proud).

Root: dṛp (class 4)

Note: Indicates the cause or reason.

निराकृता (nirākṛtā) - rejected, scorned (rejected, set aside, dismissed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nirākṛta

nirākṛta - rejected, set aside, dismissed, despised, neglected

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'kṛ' (to do, make) with prefixes 'nis' (out, away) and 'ā' (towards), followed by the past passive participle suffix 'kta'.

Prefixes: nis+ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'rāmamātā' (Rama's mother).

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously (before, formerly, previously)

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Denotes the agent of the passive action 'nirākṛtā'.

सौभाग्यवत्तया (saubhāgyavattayā) - due to your good fortune/prominence (by means of good fortune, due to prosperity, by virtue of beauty)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of saubhāgyavattā

saubhāgyavattā - good fortune, prosperity, auspiciousness, beauty (abstract noun)

Derived from the adjective 'saubhāgyavat' (possessing good fortune) with the abstract suffix 'tā'.

Note: Instrumental case indicates the reason or cause.

राममाता (rāmamātā) - Rama's mother (Kausalya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rāmamātṛ

rāmamātṛ - Rāma's mother

A tatpuruṣa compound of 'rāma' (Rāma) and 'mātṛ' (mother).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+mātṛ)

• rāma – Rāma
  proper noun (masculine)
• mātṛ – mother
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

सपत्नी (sapatnī) - co-wife (co-wife, rival wife)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sapatnī

sapatnī - co-wife, rival wife

Feminine form of 'sapatna' (having the same husband).

Note: Appositive to 'rāmamātā'.

ते (te) - your (your (genitive/dative of 'yuṣmad'))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Enclitic pronominal form for genitive/dative singular.

Note: Possessive, modifying 'sapatnī'.

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

वैरम् (vairam) - enmity (enmity, hostility, hatred)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaira

vaira - enmity, hostility, hatred, antagonism

Note: Direct object of 'yātayet'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

यातयेत् (yātayet) - she would repay / inflict (enmity) (she would cause to go, she would return, she would inflict)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of yāt

optative mood, causative

Causative form of the root 'yā' (to go), third person singular, active voice, optative mood.

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Used in an interrogative sense ('how would she not...').

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