वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-64, verse-27

सौमित्रे हर काष्ठानि निर्मथिष्यामि पावकम् ।
गृध्रराजं दिधक्षामि मत्कृते निधनं गतम् ॥२७॥

27. saumitre hara kāṣṭhāni nirmathiṣyāmi pāvakam ,
gṛdhrarājaṃ didhakṣāmi matkṛte nidhanaṃ gatam.

27. saumitre hara kāṣṭhāni nirmathiṣyāmi pāvakam
gṛdhrarājam didhakṣāmi matkṛte nidhanam gatam

27. saumitre,
kāṣṭhāni hara.
pāvakam nirmathiṣyāmi.
matkṛte nidhanam gatam gṛdhrarājam didhakṣāmi.

27. O son of Sumitrā (Lakṣmaṇa), fetch the logs; I will kindle the fire. I wish to cremate the king of vultures, who met his demise for my sake.

Words meanings summery:

• सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O Lakṣmaṇa (son of Sumitrā) (O son of Sumitrā)

• हर (hara) - fetch, bring (take, fetch, bring)

• काष्ठानि (kāṣṭhāni) - logs (for a pyre) (logs, pieces of wood, timber)

• निर्मथिष्यामि (nirmathiṣyāmi) - I will kindle (the fire) (I will churn out, I will produce by friction)

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (fire, purifier)

• गृध्रराजम् (gṛdhrarājam) - king of vultures (Jaṭāyu) (king of vultures)

• दिधक्षामि (didhakṣāmi) - I wish to cremate (I wish to burn, I desire to cremate)

• मत्कृते (matkṛte) - for my sake, on my account

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - demise, death (death, demise, destruction)

• गतम् (gatam) - met, attained (demise) (gone, attained, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O Lakṣmaṇa (son of Sumitrā) (O son of Sumitrā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumitra

saumitra - son of Sumitrā

patronymic from Sumitrā

हर (hara) - fetch, bring (take, fetch, bring)

(verb)

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

Root: hṛ (class 1)

काष्ठानि (kāṣṭhāni) - logs (for a pyre) (logs, pieces of wood, timber)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, piece of wood, log, timber

निर्मथिष्यामि (nirmathiṣyāmi) - I will kindle (the fire) (I will churn out, I will produce by friction)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of nirmantʰ

Prefix: nir

Root: mantʰ (class 9)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire (fire, purifier)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifying, pure

from root pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

गृध्रराजम् (gṛdhrarājam) - king of vultures (Jaṭāyu) (king of vultures)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gṛdhrarāja

gṛdhrarāja - king of vultures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gṛdhra+rājan)

• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

दिधक्षामि (didhakṣāmi) - I wish to cremate (I wish to burn, I desire to cremate)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ (desiderative)) of didhakṣ

Desiderative

Desiderative stem formed from root dah (to burn) + san suffix, conjugated like a present tense verb.

Root: dah (class 1)

मत्कृते (matkṛte) - for my sake, on my account

(indeclinable)

Compound of mad (my) + kṛte (for the sake of). The 'e' ending indicates locative, often used to express purpose.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mad+kṛte)

• mad – my, me (stem of 'I')
  pronoun
• kṛte – for the sake of, on account of
  indeclinable
  Locative singular of kṛta (done), used as a postposition.

निधनम् (nidhanam) - demise, death (death, demise, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, demise, destruction, end

from ni-dha (to place down, deposit)

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

गतम् (gatam) - met, attained (demise) (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, passed, obtained, attained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with gṛdhrarājam

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