वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-96, verse-13

एवमार्तां सपत्न्यस्ता जग्मुराश्वास्य तां तदा ।
ददृशुश्चाश्रमे रामं स्वर्गाच्च्युतमिवामरम् ॥१३॥

13. evamārtāṃ sapatnyastā jagmurāśvāsya tāṃ tadā ,
dadṛśuścāśrame rāmaṃ svargāccyutamivāmaram.

13. evam ārtām sapatnyaḥ tāḥ jagmuḥ āśvāsya tām tadā
dadṛśuḥ ca āśrame rāmam svargāt cyutam iva amaram

13. tadā tāḥ sapatnyaḥ evam ārtām tām āśvāsya jagmuḥ
ca āśrame svargāt cyutam amaram iva rāmam dadṛśuḥ

13. Then, having thus comforted that distressed woman, those co-wives went and saw Rama in the hermitage (āśrama), looking like an immortal (amaram) who had fallen from heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• आर्ताम् (ārtām) - distressed, afflicted, suffering

• सपत्न्यः (sapatnyaḥ) - co-wives

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (co-wives) (those)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went

• आश्वास्य (āśvāsya) - having comforted, having consoled

• ताम् (tām) - her (the distressed woman, likely Kaikeyī or Kausalyā) (her, that (feminine))

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

• च (ca) - and, also

• आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the retreat

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

• स्वर्गात् (svargāt) - from heaven, from paradise

• च्युतम् (cyutam) - fallen, descended, slipped

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अमरम् (amaram) - immortal, god, deity

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

आर्ताम् (ārtām) - distressed, afflicted, suffering

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ārta

ārta - distressed, afflicted, pained, suffering

Past Passive Participle

root ṛ with prefix ā, kta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: ṛ (class 3)

सपत्न्यः (sapatnyaḥ) - co-wives

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sapatnī

sapatnī - co-wife, rival wife

ताः (tāḥ) - those (co-wives) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

आश्वास्य (āśvāsya) - having comforted, having consoled

(indeclinable)

absolutive

upasarga ā + śvas (to breathe) + suffix -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - her (the distressed woman, likely Kaikeyī or Kausalyā) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, her

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

suffix -dā added to tad

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the retreat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastic retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)

Root: śram (class 4)

रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

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

स्वर्गात् (svargāt) - from heaven, from paradise

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise, celestial abode

च्युतम् (cyutam) - fallen, descended, slipped

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of cyuta

cyuta - fallen, descended, slipped, departed

Past Passive Participle

root cyu with suffix -ta

Root: cyu (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अमरम् (amaram) - immortal, god, deity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of amara

amara - immortal, a god, deity

negative prefix 'a' + mara (mortal)

Prefix: a

Root: mṛ (class 6)

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