वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-32, verse-2

कश्च रामः कथं वीर्यः किं रूपः किं पराक्रमः ।
किमर्थं दण्डकारण्यं प्रविष्टश्च सुदुश्चरम् ॥२॥

2. kaśca rāmaḥ kathaṃ vīryaḥ kiṃ rūpaḥ kiṃ parākramaḥ ,
kimarthaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ praviṣṭaśca suduścaram.

2. kaḥ ca rāmaḥ katham vīryaḥ kim rūpaḥ kim parākramaḥ
kim artham daṇḍakāraṇyam praviṣṭaḥ ca suduścaram

2. kaḥ rāmaḥ katham vīryaḥ kim rūpaḥ kim parākramaḥ
ca kim artham suduścaram daṇḍakāraṇyam praviṣṭaḥ

2. Who is this Rama? What is his valor (vīrya)? What is his appearance? What is his might? And for what purpose has he entered the exceedingly difficult-to-traverse Daṇḍaka forest?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• च (ca) - and, also

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• वीर्यः (vīryaḥ) - valor, strength, energy, potency

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• रूपः (rūpaḥ) - form, appearance, beauty

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• पराक्रमः (parākramaḥ) - prowess, might, heroism, strength

• किम् (kim) - what, which

• अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of, purpose, meaning

• दण्डकारण्यम् (daṇḍakāraṇyam) - the Daṇḍaka forest

• प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - having entered, entered

• च (ca) - and, also

• सुदुर्श्चरम् (sudurścaram) - very difficult to traverse, extremely hard to enter

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

वीर्यः (vīryaḥ) - valor, strength, energy, potency

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīrya

vīrya - valor, strength, energy, potency

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

रूपः (rūpaḥ) - form, appearance, beauty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, beauty

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

पराक्रमः (parākramaḥ) - prowess, might, heroism, strength

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parākrama

parākrama - prowess, might, heroism, strength

किम् (kim) - what, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Adverbial usage as part of 'kimartham'

अर्थम् (artham) - for the sake of, purpose, meaning

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object

Note: Adverbial usage 'for the sake of'

दण्डकारण्यम् (daṇḍakāraṇyam) - the Daṇḍaka forest

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daṇḍakāraṇya

daṇḍakāraṇya - Daṇḍaka forest (a specific forest)

Compound type : tatpurusha (daṇḍaka+araṇya)

• daṇḍaka – Daṇḍaka (a name, often associated with a region or forest)
  proper noun (neuter/masculine)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - having entered, entered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, having entered

Past Passive Participle

from pra- (prefix) + viś (root)

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सुदुर्श्चरम् (sudurścaram) - very difficult to traverse, extremely hard to enter

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sudurścara

sudurścara - very difficult to traverse, extremely hard to go through

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dur+cara)

• su – good, very, well
  indeclinable
• dur – bad, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
• cara – moving, going, to be gone through
  adjective (neuter)
  from root 'car' (to move, to go)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Modifies Daṇḍakāraṇyam