वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-96, verse-20

तां परिष्वज्य दुःखार्तां माता दुहितरं यथा ।
वनवासकृशां दीनां कौसल्या वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥२०॥

20. tāṃ pariṣvajya duḥkhārtāṃ mātā duhitaraṃ yathā ,
vanavāsakṛśāṃ dīnāṃ kausalyā vākyamabravīt.

20. tām pariṣvajya duḥkhārdām mātā duhitāram yathā
vanavāsakṛśām dīnām kausalyā vākyam abravīt

20. kausalyā mātā yathā duhitāram tām duḥkhārdām
vanavāsakṛśām dīnām pariṣvajya vākyam abravīt

20. Kauśalyā, like a mother embracing her own distressed daughter, spoke these words to Sītā, who was emaciated and forlorn from her life in the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

• परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced, having hugged

• दुःखार्दाम् (duḥkhārdām) - distressed, afflicted by sorrow

• माता (mātā) - mother

• दुहितारम् (duhitāram) - daughter

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• वनवासकृशाम् (vanavāsakṛśām) - emaciated from dwelling in the forest

• दीनाम् (dīnām) - forlorn, miserable, dejected

• कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kauśalyā (proper name)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, this; he, she, it

परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced, having hugged

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root svañj with upasarga pari

Prefix: pari

Root: svañj (class 1)

दुःखार्दाम् (duḥkhārdām) - distressed, afflicted by sorrow

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duḥkhārta

duḥkhārta - afflicted with sorrow, distressed, suffering

Past Passive Participle

Derived from duḥkha (sorrow) + ārta (afflicted, from root ṛ)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+ārta)

• duḥkha – sorrow, suffering, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, pained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ṛ (to go, move, attain), here meaning afflicted.
  Root: ṛ (class 3)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

दुहितारम् (duhitāram) - daughter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duhitṛ

duhitṛ - daughter

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

वनवासकृशाम् (vanavāsakṛśām) - emaciated from dwelling in the forest

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vanavāsakṛśā

vanavāsakṛśā - thin/emaciated from forest-dwelling

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+vāsa+kṛśā)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• vāsa – dwelling, abode, residence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vas (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)
• kṛśā – thin, emaciated, weak
  adjective (feminine)

दीनाम् (dīnām) - forlorn, miserable, dejected

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dīna

dīna - miserable, dejected, poor, forlorn

Past Passive Participle

From root dī (to decay, be sad)

Root: dī (class 4)

कौसल्या (kausalyā) - Kauśalyā (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kauśalyā (mother of Rāma)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, sentence, speech, statement

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bru

Imperfect (laṅ)

Root: bru (class 2)

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