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3,41

वाल्मीकि-रामायणम्       vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-41, verse-20

कामवृत्तमिदं रौद्रं स्त्रीणामसदृशं मतम् ।
वपुषा त्वस्य सत्त्वस्य विस्मयो जनितो मम ॥२०॥
20. kāmavṛttamidaṃ raudraṃ strīṇāmasadṛśaṃ matam ,
vapuṣā tvasya sattvasya vismayo janito mama.
20. kāmavṛttam idam raudram strīṇām asadṛśam matam
vapuṣā tu asya sattvasya vismayaḥ janitaḥ mama
20. idam raudram kāmavṛttam strīṇām asadṛśam matam
tu asya sattvasya vapuṣā mama vismayaḥ janitaḥ
20. This fierce, arbitrary conduct is considered unseemly for women. Yet, wonder has been produced in me by the body of this creature.

Words meanings summery:

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  • कामवृत्तम् (kāmavṛttam) - self-willed conduct, arbitrary action, impulsive behavior
  • इदम् (idam) - this
  • रौद्रम् (raudram) - dreadful, fierce, terrible
  • स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women
  • असदृशम् (asadṛśam) - unseemly, unfitting, improper
  • मतम् (matam) - thought, considered, opined
  • वपुषा (vapuṣā) - by the body, by the form
  • तु (tu) - but, however, indeed
  • अस्य (asya) - of this
  • सत्त्वस्य (sattvasya) - of the deer/animal (of the creature, of the being)
  • विस्मयः (vismayaḥ) - wonder, astonishment, surprise
  • जनितः (janitaḥ) - caused, produced, generated
  • मम (mama) - my, for me, to me

Words meanings and morphology

कामवृत्तम् (kāmavṛttam) - self-willed conduct, arbitrary action, impulsive behavior
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kāmavṛtta
kāmavṛtta - self-willed, acting as one pleases
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+vṛtta)
  • kāma – desire, wish, love
    noun (masculine)
  • vṛtta – conduct, action, occurred, happened
    participle (neuter)
    Past Passive Participle
    Root: vṛt (class 1)
इदम् (idam) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this
रौद्रम् (raudram) - dreadful, fierce, terrible
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of raudra
raudra - fierce, terrible, belonging to Rudra
स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of strī
strī - woman
असदृशम् (asadṛśam) - unseemly, unfitting, improper
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of asadṛśa
asadṛśa - unlike, improper, unsuitable
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sadṛśa)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
  • sadṛśa – like, similar, fitting
    adjective
मतम् (matam) - thought, considered, opined
(participle)
Nominative, neuter, singular of mata
mata - thought, considered, opinion, belief
Past Passive Participle
Root: man (class 4)
वपुषा (vapuṣā) - by the body, by the form
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of vapus
vapus - body, form, beauty
तु (tu) - but, however, indeed
(indeclinable)
अस्य (asya) - of this
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this
सत्त्वस्य (sattvasya) - of the deer/animal (of the creature, of the being)
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of sattva
sattva - being, creature, essence, reality, goodness (one of the guṇas)
विस्मयः (vismayaḥ) - wonder, astonishment, surprise
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vismaya
vismaya - astonishment, wonder, amazement
जनितः (janitaḥ) - caused, produced, generated
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of janita
janita - produced, born, caused
Past Passive Participle
Root: jan (class 4)
मम (mama) - my, for me, to me
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of mad
mad - I
Note: Here used possessively or as agent for the passive ('janitaḥ mama' = caused to me or in me).