वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-58, verse-8

हृता मृता वा नष्टा वा भक्षिता वा भविष्यति ।
निलीनाप्यथ वा भीरुरथ वा वनमाश्रिता ॥८॥

8. hṛtā mṛtā vā naṣṭā vā bhakṣitā vā bhaviṣyati ,
nilīnāpyatha vā bhīruratha vā vanamāśritā.

8. hṛtā mṛtā vā naṣṭā vā bhakṣitā vā bhaviṣyati
nilīnā api atha vā bhīruḥ atha vā vanam āśritā

8. hṛtā vā mṛtā vā naṣṭā vā bhakṣitā vā bhaviṣyati
nilīnā api vā atha bhīruḥ vā atha vanam āśritā

8. Has she been abducted, or is she dead, or lost, or eaten? Or has she merely hidden herself, or perhaps, being fearful, she has sought refuge in the forest?

Words meanings summery:

• हृता (hṛtā) - abducted, carried away

• मृता (mṛtā) - dead

• वा (vā) - or, either

• नष्टा (naṣṭā) - lost, disappeared, destroyed

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भक्षिता (bhakṣitā) - eaten, devoured

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, she will be

• निलीना (nilīnā) - hidden, concealed, vanished

• अपि (api) - also, even, merely

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• वा (vā) - or, either

• भीरुः (bhīruḥ) - fearful, timid

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• वा (vā) - or, either

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• आश्रिता (āśritā) - resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on

Words meanings and morphology

हृता (hṛtā) - abducted, carried away

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hṛta

hṛta - carried, abducted, seized

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛ (to seize, carry) with suffix -ta

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to Sita.

मृता (mṛtā) - dead

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root mṛ (to die) with suffix -ta

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Refers to Sita.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

नष्टा (naṣṭā) - lost, disappeared, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, disappeared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root naś (to perish, be lost) with suffix -ta

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Refers to Sita.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भक्षिता (bhakṣitā) - eaten, devoured

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhakṣita

bhakṣita - eaten, devoured

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhakṣ (to eat), which is a desiderative of bhaj, with suffix -ta

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Refers to Sita.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, she will be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future Indicative

3rd person singular future active

Root: bhū (class 1)

निलीना (nilīnā) - hidden, concealed, vanished

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nilīna

nilīna - hidden, concealed, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ni + lī (to cling, dissolve) with suffix -ta

Prefix: ni

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Refers to Sita.

अपि (api) - also, even, merely

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

भीरुः (bhīruḥ) - fearful, timid

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhīru

bhīru - fearful, timid

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Refers to Sita.

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, water

Root: van (class 1)

Note: Object of āśritā.

आश्रिता (āśritā) - resorted to, taken refuge in, dependent on

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, dependent on, taken refuge in

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ā + śri (to resort to, seek refuge) with suffix -ta

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Refers to Sita.

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