वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-8, verse-5

हृष्टाः खलु भविष्यन्ति रामस्य परमाः स्त्रियः ।
अप्रहृष्टा भविष्यन्ति स्नुषास्ते भरतक्षये ॥५॥

5. hṛṣṭāḥ khalu bhaviṣyanti rāmasya paramāḥ striyaḥ ,
aprahṛṣṭā bhaviṣyanti snuṣāste bharatakṣaye.

5. hṛṣṭāḥ khalu bhaviṣyanti rāmasya paramāḥ striyaḥ
aprahṛṣṭāḥ bhaviṣyanti snūṣāḥ te bharatakṣaye

5. khalu rāmasya paramāḥ striyaḥ hṛṣṭāḥ bhaviṣyanti
te snūṣāḥ bharatakṣaye aprahṛṣṭāḥ bhaviṣyanti

5. Indeed, Rama's chief wives will be joyful. Your daughters-in-law, however, will be unhappy with Bharata's loss of position.

Words meanings summery:

• हृष्टाः (hṛṣṭāḥ) - delighted, joyful, pleased

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, surely, certainly

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be, they will be

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

• परमाः (paramāḥ) - chief, principal, excellent, supreme

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - wives, women

• अप्रहृष्टाः (aprahṛṣṭāḥ) - unhappy, displeased, not joyful

• भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be, they will be

• स्नूषाः (snūṣāḥ) - daughters-in-law

• ते (te) - your (referring to Kaikeyi) (your (feminine, plural, nominative))

• भरतक्षये (bharatakṣaye) - at the loss of Bharata's potential position as crown prince (at the decline/loss of Bharata, when Bharata loses his position)

Words meanings and morphology

हृष्टाः (hṛṣṭāḥ) - delighted, joyful, pleased

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hṛṣṭa

hṛṣṭa - delighted, joyful, thrilled, standing erect (hair)

Past Passive Participle

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

खलु (khalu) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be, they will be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king, son of Dasharatha, hero of Ramayana)

परमाः (paramāḥ) - chief, principal, excellent, supreme

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of parama

parama - supreme, highest, principal, best

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - wives, women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, wife, female

अप्रहृष्टाः (aprahṛṣṭāḥ) - unhappy, displeased, not joyful

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of aprahṛṣṭa

aprahṛṣṭa - not joyful, unhappy, dejected

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prahṛṣṭa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negating particle
• prahṛṣṭa – very joyful, greatly pleased, delighted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

भविष्यन्ति (bhaviṣyanti) - will be, they will be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्नूषाः (snūṣāḥ) - daughters-in-law

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of snūṣā

snūṣā - daughter-in-law

ते (te) - your (referring to Kaikeyi) (your (feminine, plural, nominative))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

भरतक्षये (bharatakṣaye) - at the loss of Bharata's potential position as crown prince (at the decline/loss of Bharata, when Bharata loses his position)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bharatakṣaya

bharatakṣaya - decline/loss of Bharata

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+kṣaya)

• bharata – Bharata (name of a king, brother of Rama)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṣaya – destruction, decline, loss, diminution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

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