वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-96, verse-11

अतो दुःखतरं लोके न किं चित् प्रतिभाति मा ।
यत्र रामः पितुर्दद्यादिङ्गुदीक्षोदमृद्धिमान् ॥११॥

11. ato duḥkhataraṃ loke na kiṃ cit pratibhāti mā ,
yatra rāmaḥ piturdadyādiṅgudīkṣodamṛddhimān.

11. ataḥ duḥkhataram loke na kim cit pratibhāti mā
yatra rāmaḥ pituḥ dadyāt iṅgudīkṣodam ṛddhimān

11. mā loke ataḥ duḥkhataram kim cit na pratibhāti
yatra ṛddhimān rāmaḥ pituḥ iṅgudīkṣodam dadyāt

11. Nothing in this world appears more sorrowful to me than the thought that the prosperous (ṛddhimān) Rama might offer the pulp of the Ingudi fruit to his father (pituḥ).

Words meanings summery:

• अतः (ataḥ) - hence, therefore, from this

• दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more sorrowful, more painful, worse

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• न (na) - not, no

• किम् (kim) - what, anything

• चित् (cit) - even, indeed, a little, (makes `kim` indefinite)

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, seems, shines

• मा (mā) - to me

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which case, when

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• पितुः (pituḥ) - to his father (to the father, of the father)

• दद्यात् (dadyāt) - may give, should give, would give

• इङ्गुदीक्षोदम् (iṅgudīkṣodam) - Ingudi pulp/paste/powder

• ऋद्धिमान् (ṛddhimān) - the mighty/prosperous one (referring to Rama) (prosperous, wealthy, mighty, powerful)

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - hence, therefore, from this

(indeclinable)

ablative ending -tas added to pronoun 'a'

दुःखतरम् (duḥkhataram) - more sorrowful, more painful, worse

(adjective)

neuter, singular of duḥkhatara

duḥkhatara - more painful, more sorrowful

comparative suffix -tara added to duḥkha

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Root: loc (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what, anything

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, whether, anything

चित् (cit) - even, indeed, a little, (makes `kim` indefinite)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, seems, shines

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratibhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मा (mā) - to me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which case, when

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king, son of Dasaratha)

पितुः (pituḥ) - to his father (to the father, of the father)

(noun)

masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

दद्यात् (dadyāt) - may give, should give, would give

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of dā

Root: dā (class 3)

इङ्गुदीक्षोदम् (iṅgudīkṣodam) - Ingudi pulp/paste/powder

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of iṅgudīkṣoda

iṅgudīkṣoda - pulp/paste/powder of Ingudi (a tree, Balanites roxburghii)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (iṅgudī+kṣoda)

• iṅgudī – Ingudi tree, Balanites roxburghii
  noun (feminine)
• kṣoda – powder, pulp, paste, small fragment
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣud (class 7)

ऋद्धिमान् (ṛddhimān) - the mighty/prosperous one (referring to Rama) (prosperous, wealthy, mighty, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛddhimat

ṛddhimat - prosperous, wealthy, rich, mighty

suffix -mat (possessive) added to ṛddhi

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