वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-64, verse-5

किंनिमित्तो ऽहरत् सीतां रावणस्तस्य किं मया ।
अपराद्धं तु यं दृष्ट्वा रावणेन हृता प्रिया ॥५॥

5. kiṃnimitto'harat sītāṃ rāvaṇastasya kiṃ mayā ,
aparāddhaṃ tu yaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇena hṛtā priyā.

5. kimnimittaḥ aharat sītām rāvaṇaḥ tasya kim mayā
aparāddham tu yam dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇena hṛtā priyā

5. rāvaṇaḥ kimnimittaḥ sītām aharat? tasya mayā kim aparāddham tu,
yam dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇena priyā hṛtā?

5. For what reason did Rāvaṇa abduct Sītā? What wrong have I done to him, such that Rāvaṇa, upon seeing it, carried away my beloved?

Words meanings summery:

• किम्निमित्तः (kimnimittaḥ) - for what reason, by what cause, on what account

• अहरत् (aharat) - he abducted, carried away, took away

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

• तस्य (tasya) - to him, of him

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अपराद्धम् (aparāddham) - offense, wrong, wrongdoing

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• यम् (yam) - which, whom

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

• रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Rāvaṇa

• हृता (hṛtā) - abducted, carried away, stolen

• प्रिया (priyā) - beloved, dear one, wife

Words meanings and morphology

किम्निमित्तः (kimnimittaḥ) - for what reason, by what cause, on what account

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kimnimitta

kimnimitta - what cause, for what reason

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kim+nimitta)

• kim – what, which, why
  interrogative pronoun
• nimitta – cause, reason, motive
  noun (neuter)

अहरत् (aharat) - he abducted, carried away, took away

(verb)

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

Root: hṛ (class 1)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Rāma's wife)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

तस्य (tasya) - to him, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Here implying 'to him' or 'against him'.

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Direct object of an implied verb 'did I do'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

अपराद्धम् (aparāddham) - offense, wrong, wrongdoing

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aparāddha

aparāddha - offended, wronged, crime, offense

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root rādh (5th class) 'to succeed, to offend' with prefixes apa and ā. Used as a noun here.

Prefixes: apa+ā

Root: rādh (class 5)

Note: Used substantively as 'an offense'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

यम् (yam) - which, whom

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root dṛś (1st class).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

हृता (hṛtā) - abducted, carried away, stolen

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hṛta

hṛta - carried, taken, abducted, stolen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛ (1st class) 'to carry, take, steal'.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

प्रिया (priyā) - beloved, dear one, wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - beloved, dear one, wife (feminine form of priya)

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