वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-98, verse-66

आक्रोशं मम मातुश्च प्रमृज्य पुरुषर्षभ ।
अद्य तत्र भवन्तं च पितरं रक्ष किल्बिषात् ॥६६॥

66. ākrośaṃ mama mātuśca pramṛjya puruṣarṣabha ,
adya tatra bhavantaṃ ca pitaraṃ rakṣa kilbiṣāt.

66. ākrośam mama mātuḥ ca pramṛjya puruṣarṣabha
adya tatra bhavantam ca pitaram rakṣa kilbiṣāt

66. puruṣarṣabha mama mātuḥ ākrośam ca pramṛjya
adya tatra bhavantam pitaram ca kilbiṣāt rakṣa

66. O best among men (puruṣa), having wiped away the insult to my mother, protect your venerable father from sin today.

Words meanings summery:

• आक्रोशम् (ākrośam) - the insult or reproach directed at my mother (insult, reproach, outcry)

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• मातुः (mātuḥ) - of mother

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रमृज्य (pramṛjya) - having wiped away, having removed, having cleansed

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - addressed to a heroic or noble man (O best among men, O bull among men, O foremost of men)

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - referring to 'father' as 'your respected self' (respected, venerable (you))

• च (ca) - and, also

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• रक्ष (rakṣa) - protect, guard, preserve

• किल्बिषात् (kilbiṣāt) - from sin, from offense, from guilt

Words meanings and morphology

आक्रोशम् (ākrośam) - the insult or reproach directed at my mother (insult, reproach, outcry)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākrośa

ākrośa - insult, reproach, outcry, abuse

Derived from root √kruś with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: kruś (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

1st person pronoun

मातुः (mātuḥ) - of mother

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रमृज्य (pramṛjya) - having wiped away, having removed, having cleansed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from root √mṛj with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛj (class 2)

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - addressed to a heroic or noble man (O best among men, O bull among men, O foremost of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - best among men, foremost of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, male, person, spirit (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

भवन्तम् (bhavantam) - referring to 'father' as 'your respected self' (respected, venerable (you))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhavant

bhavant - you (honorific), respected sir, existing, being

Present Active Participle

From root √bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as an honorific pronoun or adjective.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

रक्ष (rakṣa) - protect, guard, preserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of rakṣ

Imperative

2nd person singular, active voice, imperative mood

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

किल्बिषात् (kilbiṣāt) - from sin, from offense, from guilt

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kilbiṣa

kilbiṣa - sin, fault, offense, crime, guilt

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