वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-22

कच्चित्त्वां नावजानन्ति याजकाः पतितं यथा ।
उग्रप्रतिग्रहीतारं कामयानमिव स्त्रियः ॥२२॥

22. kaccittvāṃ nāvajānanti yājakāḥ patitaṃ yathā ,
ugrapratigrahītāraṃ kāmayānamiva striyaḥ.

22. kaccit tvām na avajānanti yājakāḥ patitam
yathā ugrapratigrahītāram kāmayānam iva striyaḥ

22. kaccit yājakāḥ tvām patitam yathā na avajānanti striyaḥ
ugrapratigrahītāram kāmayānam iva (na avajānanti)

22. I hope priests do not disrespect you as they would a fallen person, nor do women (disrespect you) as they would a man desirous of women who accepts severe gifts.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (interrogative, expressing a wish or expectation in a question) (I hope that (interrogative particle), surely, perhaps)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अवजानन्ति (avajānanti) - they disrespect (they disrespect, they despise, they ignore)

• याजकाः (yājakāḥ) - priests (priests, sacrificers, officiants)

• पतितम् (patitam) - a fallen person, an outcast (fallen, outcast, degraded (accusative singular))

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as (as, just as, like)

• उग्रप्रतिग्रहीतारम् (ugrapratigrahītāram) - a man who accepts severe gifts (one who accepts harsh/severe gifts (accusative))

• कामयानम् (kāmayānam) - desirous of women (desiring, lustful (accusative))

• इव (iva) - as, like (like, as, as if)

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (interrogative, expressing a wish or expectation in a question) (I hope that (interrogative particle), surely, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

Combination of kim (what) + cit (even).

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Accusative singular of yuṣmad.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negation particle.

अवजानन्ति (avajānanti) - they disrespect (they disrespect, they despise, they ignore)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of avajñā

Present active indicative

From root jñā (to know) with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: jñā (class 9)

याजकाः (yājakāḥ) - priests (priests, sacrificers, officiants)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yājaka

yājaka - priest, sacrificer, one who causes sacrifices to be performed

Agent noun

From root yaj (to sacrifice) with ṇvul (aka) suffix.

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'avajānanti'.

पतितम् (patitam) - a fallen person, an outcast (fallen, outcast, degraded (accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, degraded, outcast, dropped

Past Passive Participle

From root pat (to fall).

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Object of implied comparison.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

उग्रप्रतिग्रहीतारम् (ugrapratigrahītāram) - a man who accepts severe gifts (one who accepts harsh/severe gifts (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ugrapratigrahītṛ

ugrapratigrahītṛ - one who accepts harsh gifts, one who takes severe things

Agent noun

Compound: ugra (severe) + pratigrahītṛ (receiver). Pratigrahītṛ is an agent noun from prati-grah (to receive).

Compound type : Tatpurusha (ugra+pratigrahītṛ)

• ugra – severe, fierce, terrible, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• pratigrahītṛ – receiver, acceptor
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From verb root 'grah' (to seize, take) with prefix 'prati', and agent suffix 'tṛ'.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Object of implied comparison, referring to 'tvām'.

कामयानम् (kāmayānam) - desirous of women (desiring, lustful (accusative))

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāmayāna

kāmayāna - desiring, wishing, lustful, in love

Present Middle Participle

From desiderative stem kāmaya (from kam to desire) + āna suffix.

Root: kam (class 1)

इव (iva) - as, like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

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