वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-50, verse-5

त्राहि मामद्य काकुत्स्थ लक्ष्मणेति वराङ्गना ।
सुसंत्रस्ता समाक्रन्दच्छृण्वतां तु यथान्तिके ॥५॥

5. trāhi māmadya kākutstha lakṣmaṇeti varāṅganā ,
susaṃtrastā samākrandacchṛṇvatāṃ tu yathāntike.

5. trāhi mām adya kākutstha lakṣmaṇa iti varāṅganā |
susantrastā samākrandat śṛṇvatām tu yathā antike

5. varāṅganā susantrastā kākutstha lakṣmaṇa iti mām
adya trāhi tu śṛṇvatām antike yathā samākrandat

5. "O Kakutstha, O Lakṣmaṇa, save me today!" — thus the beautiful woman, greatly terrified, cried out as if within earshot of those who were listening.

Words meanings summery:

• त्राहि (trāhi) - save, protect

• माम् (mām) - me

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma)

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech

• वराङ्गना (varāṅganā) - beautiful woman, excellent woman

• सुसन्त्रस्ता (susantrastā) - greatly terrified, extremely frightened

• समाक्रन्दत् (samākrandat) - she cried out, she wailed

• शृण्वताम् (śṛṇvatām) - of those hearing, to those listening

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in such a way

• अन्तिके (antike) - near, in the vicinity

Words meanings and morphology

त्राहि (trāhi) - save, protect

(verb)

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

Imperative active

root of 2nd class

Root: trā (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet for Rāma)

Derived from Kakutstha

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (Rāma's brother)

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating quoted speech

(indeclinable)

वराङ्गना (varāṅganā) - beautiful woman, excellent woman

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varāṅganā

varāṅganā - beautiful woman, excellent woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vara+aṅganā)

• vara – excellent, best, boon
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• aṅganā – woman, female
  noun (feminine)

सुसन्त्रस्ता (susantrastā) - greatly terrified, extremely frightened

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of susantrasta

susantrasta - greatly terrified, extremely frightened

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root tras with prefixes su- and sam-

Prefixes: su+sam

Root: tras (class 1)

समाक्रन्दत् (samākrandat) - she cried out, she wailed

(verb)

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

Imperfect active

root of 1st class with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: krand (class 1)

शृण्वताम् (śṛṇvatām) - of those hearing, to those listening

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śṛṇvat

śṛṇvat - hearing, listening

Present Active Participle

From root śru of 5th class

Root: śru (class 5)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in such a way

(indeclinable)

अन्तिके (antike) - near, in the vicinity

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'nearby'.

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