वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-64, verse-28

नाथं पतगलोकस्य चितामारोपयाम्यहम् ।
इमं धक्ष्यामि सौमित्रे हतं रौद्रेण रक्षसा ॥२८॥

28. nāthaṃ patagalokasya citāmāropayāmyaham ,
imaṃ dhakṣyāmi saumitre hataṃ raudreṇa rakṣasā.

28. nātham patagalokasya citām āropayāmi aham imam
dhakṣyāmi saumitre hatam raudreṇa rakṣasā

28. aham patagalokasya nātham citām āropayāmi.
saumitre,
raudreṇa rakṣasā hatam imam dhakṣyāmi.

28. I shall place this lord of the bird-world on the funeral pyre. O son of Sumitrā (Lakṣmaṇa), I shall cremate him, who was killed by the fierce demon.

Words meanings summery:

• नाथम् (nātham) - lord (referring to Jaṭāyu) (lord, protector, master)

• पतगलोकस्य (patagalokasya) - of the world of birds

• चिताम् (citām) - funeral pyre (funeral pyre, pile of wood)

• आरोपयामि (āropayāmi) - I shall place upon (the pyre) (I place upon, I cause to ascend)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इमम् (imam) - him, this one (referring to Jaṭāyu) (this (masculine))

• धक्ष्यामि (dhakṣyāmi) - I shall cremate (I shall burn, I shall cremate)

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

• हतम् (hatam) - killed (killed, struck, slain)

• रौद्रेण (raudreṇa) - by the fierce (by the fierce, by the terrible)

• रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by the demon (Rāvaṇa) (by a demon, by a Rākṣasa)

Words meanings and morphology

नाथम् (nātham) - lord (referring to Jaṭāyu) (lord, protector, master)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nātʰa

nātʰa - lord, master, protector, refuge

पतगलोकस्य (patagalokasya) - of the world of birds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of patagaloka

patagaloka - world of birds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pataga+loka)

• pataga – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)
  From root pat (to fly, fall) + -ga (one who goes)
  Root: pat (class 1)
• loka – world, region, people
  noun (masculine)

चिताम् (citām) - funeral pyre (funeral pyre, pile of wood)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of citā

citā - funeral pyre, heap, pile

Root: ci (class 5)

आरोपयामि (āropayāmi) - I shall place upon (the pyre) (I place upon, I cause to ascend)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āropay

Causative

Causative of ā-ruh (to ascend), formed with suffix -ay.

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इमम् (imam) - him, this one (referring to Jaṭāyu) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

धक्ष्यामि (dhakṣyāmi) - I shall cremate (I shall burn, I shall cremate)

(verb)

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

Root: dah (class 1)

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

हतम् (hatam) - killed (killed, struck, slain)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, injured

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with imam

रौद्रेण (raudreṇa) - by the fierce (by the fierce, by the terrible)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of raudra

raudra - fierce, terrible, dreadful, furious

from rudra (furious)

Note: Agrees with rakṣasā

रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by the demon (Rāvaṇa) (by a demon, by a Rākṣasa)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, evil being, Rākṣasa

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