वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-95, verse-13

किं नु तस्य मया कार्यं दुर्जातेन महात्मना ।
यो मृतो मम शोकेन न मया चापि संस्कृतः ॥१३॥

13. kiṃ nu tasya mayā kāryaṃ durjātena mahātmanā ,
yo mṛto mama śokena na mayā cāpi saṃskṛtaḥ.

13. kim nu tasya mayā kāryam durjātena mahātmanā
yaḥ mṛtaḥ mama śokena na mayā ca api saṃskṛtaḥ

13. nu mayā durjātena mahātmanā tasya kim kāryam?
yaḥ mama śokena mṛtaḥ ca mayā api na saṃskṛtaḥ

13. What indeed can be done by me for that great-souled (mahātman) one, Lakshmana, who was born into such misfortune? For he died because of my sorrow and was not even properly consecrated (saṃskāra) by me.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what (what?, why?, how?)

• नु (nu) - indeed (emphatic/interrogative) (indeed, now, then, surely (interrogative particle))

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (Lakshmana) (his, of him, for him)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done (to be done, duty, work)

• दुर्जातेन (durjātena) - by the unfortunate one (Lakshmana) (by the ill-born, by the unfortunate)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one (Lakshmana) (by the great-souled, by the noble)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (Lakshmana) (who, which)

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - died, is dead (dead, deceased)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• शोकेन (śokena) - due to my sorrow (by grief, due to sorrow)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• संस्कृतः (saṁskṛtaḥ) - consecrated (with funeral rites/saṃskāra) (consecrated, purified, prepared, refined, adorned)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what (what?, why?, how?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, how?

नु (nu) - indeed (emphatic/interrogative) (indeed, now, then, surely (interrogative particle))

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - for him (Lakshmana) (his, of him, for him)

(pronoun)

masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Lakṣmaṇa

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in passive construction

कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done (to be done, duty, work)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, business

Gerundive (Passive Future Participle)

Derived from √kṛ (to do) + -ya suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with kim

दुर्जातेन (durjātena) - by the unfortunate one (Lakshmana) (by the ill-born, by the unfortunate)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of durjāta

durjāta - ill-born, unfortunate, badly born

Past Passive Participle

Compound of dur (badly) and jāta (born), derived from √jan (to be born)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dur+jāta)

• dur – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
• jāta – born, produced, arisen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with mahātmanā, referring to Lakṣmaṇa

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one (Lakshmana) (by the great-souled, by the noble)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound of mahā (great) and ātman (soul)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – soul, self, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with durjātena, referring to Lakṣmaṇa

यः (yaḥ) - who (Lakshmana) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers back to tasya (Lakṣmaṇa)

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - died, is dead (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √mṛ (to die) + -ta suffix

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with yaḥ

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

शोकेन (śokena) - due to my sorrow (by grief, due to sorrow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - grief, sorrow, lamentation

Derived from √śuc (to sorrow)

Root: śuc (class 1)

Note: Cause of death

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent in passive construction

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

संस्कृतः (saṁskṛtaḥ) - consecrated (with funeral rites/saṃskāra) (consecrated, purified, prepared, refined, adorned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃskṛta

saṁskṛta - consecrated, purified, prepared, refined, adorned; Sanskrit language; (as a noun) a rite, a saṃskāra

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam-√kṛ (to prepare, consecrate)

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with yaḥ. Refers to performing funeral rites (saṃskāra).