वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-55, verse-16

अहो लक्ष्मण गर्ह्यं ते कृतं यत्त्वं विहाय ताम् ।
सीतामिहागतः सौम्य कच्चित् स्वस्ति भवेदिति ॥१६॥

16. aho lakṣmaṇa garhyaṃ te kṛtaṃ yattvaṃ vihāya tām ,
sītāmihāgataḥ saumya kaccit svasti bhavediti.

16. aho lakṣmaṇa garhyam te kṛtam yat tvam vihāya tām
sītām iha āgataḥ saumya kaccit svasti bhavet iti

16. aho lakṣmaṇa saumya te garhyam kṛtam yat tvam tām
sītām vihāya iha āgataḥ iti kaccit svasti bhavet

16. "Oh Lakshmana, you have done something blameworthy (garhya)! For you, my gentle one, have come here abandoning Sita. I hope all is well (svasti)."

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - Oh!, Alas!

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakshmana

• गर्ह्यम् (garhyam) - blameable, censurable, reprehensible

• ते (te) - by you (Lakshmana) (by you (instrumental/genitive))

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

• यत् (yat) - that (introducing the reason for blame) (that, because, which)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having left

• ताम् (tām) - Sita (her, that)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - having come, returned, arrived

• सौम्य (saumya) - addressing Lakshmana as 'my gentle one' (gentle one, dear one, amiable one)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, perhaps

• स्वस्ति (svasti) - well-being, welfare, auspiciousness

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should be

• इति (iti) - marks the end of the quoted speech (thus, so)

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - Oh!, Alas!

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (a proper name); having auspicious marks

गर्ह्यम् (garhyam) - blameable, censurable, reprehensible

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of garhya

garhya - blameable, censurable, reprehensible, despicable

Gerundive

from root garh (to blame) + ṇyat (gerundive suffix)

Root: garh (class 1)

ते (te) - by you (Lakshmana) (by you (instrumental/genitive))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you (pronoun)

Note: The dative/genitive 'te' here carries an instrumental sense with the past passive participle 'kṛtam'.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - done, performed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, created

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ (to do) + ktap (past passive participle suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - that (introducing the reason for blame) (that, because, which)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you (pronoun)

विहाय (vihāya) - having abandoned, having left

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from vi-hā (to abandon) + lyap (absolutive suffix for verbs with prefixes)

Prefix: vi

Root: hā (class 3)

ताम् (tām) - Sita (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (a proper name); furrow

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

आगतः (āgataḥ) - having come, returned, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, returned, approached

Past Passive Participle

from ā-gam (to come) + ktap (past passive participle suffix)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: modifies 'tvam'

सौम्य (saumya) - addressing Lakshmana as 'my gentle one' (gentle one, dear one, amiable one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, amiable, auspicious; son of Soma

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that, perhaps

(indeclinable)

स्वस्ति (svasti) - well-being, welfare, auspiciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of svasti

svasti - well-being, welfare, prosperity, auspiciousness

भवेत् (bhavet) - may it be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (Vidhi Liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

इति (iti) - marks the end of the quoted speech (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

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