वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-96, verse-12

रामेणेङ्गुदिपिण्याकं पितुर्दत्तं समीक्ष्य मे ।
कथं दुःखेन हृदयं न स्फोटति सहस्रधा ॥१२॥

12. rāmeṇeṅgudipiṇyākaṃ piturdattaṃ samīkṣya me ,
kathaṃ duḥkhena hṛdayaṃ na sphoṭati sahasradhā.

12. rāmeṇa iṅgudipiṇyākam pituḥ dattam samīkṣya me
katham duḥkhena hṛdayam na sphoṭati sahasradhā

12. rāmeṇa pituḥ dattam iṅgudipiṇyākam samīkṣya me
duḥkhena hṛdayam katham sahasradhā na sphoṭati

12. Seeing the Ingudi pulp offered by Rama to his father (pituḥ), how is it that my heart does not burst into a thousand pieces (sahasradhā) from this sorrow?

Words meanings summery:

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama

• इङ्गुदिपिण्याकम् (iṅgudipiṇyākam) - oil-cake/paste of Ingudi fruit

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

• दत्तम् (dattam) - given, offered

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having observed

• मे (me) - my, to me

• कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

• दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow, with pain

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

• न (na) - not, no

• स्फोटति (sphoṭati) - bursts, breaks, splits

• सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - in a thousand ways, into a thousand pieces

Words meanings and morphology

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rama

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

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

इङ्गुदिपिण्याकम् (iṅgudipiṇyākam) - oil-cake/paste of Ingudi fruit

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of iṅgudipiṇyāka

iṅgudipiṇyāka - oil-cake or paste made from Ingudi seeds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (iṅgudī+piṇyāka)

• iṅgudī – Ingudi tree, Balanites roxburghii
  noun (feminine)
• piṇyāka – oil-cake, sesame-cake, dregs of oil
  noun (masculine/neuter)

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

(noun)

masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

दत्तम् (dattam) - given, offered

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of datta

datta - given, granted, offered

Past Passive Participle

root dā with suffix -ta

Root: dā (class 3)

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having observed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

upasarga sam + īkṣ (from ikṣ with long ī due to prefix) + suffix -ya

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

कथम् (katham) - how, why, in what manner

(indeclinable)

दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by sorrow, with pain

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, unhappiness

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul, core

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्फोटति (sphoṭati) - bursts, breaks, splits

(verb)

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

Root: sphuṭ (class 1)

सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - in a thousand ways, into a thousand pieces

(indeclinable)

suffix -dhā added to sahasra

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