वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-17, verse-35

चर्म चास्थि च मे राजन्न स्पृशन्ति मनीषिणः ।
अभक्ष्याणि च मांसानि सो ऽहं पञ्चनखो हतः ॥३५॥

35. carma cāsthi ca me rājanna spṛśanti manīṣiṇaḥ ,
abhakṣyāṇi ca māṃsāni so'haṃ pañcanakho hataḥ.

35. carma ca asthi ca me rājan na spṛśanti manīṣiṇaḥ
abhakṣyāṇi ca māṃsāni saḥ aham pañcanakhaḥ hataḥ

35. rājan manīṣiṇaḥ me carma ca asthi ca na spṛśanti
ca māṃsāni abhakṣyāṇi saḥ aham pañcanakhaḥ hataḥ

35. O King, wise people do not touch my skin or bone, and my flesh is inedible. I am that five-nailed animal who was killed.

Words meanings summery:

• चर्म (carma) - (my) skin (skin, hide)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अस्थि (asthi) - (my) bone (bone)

• च (ca) - and (emphatic, or linking a pair of objects) (and, also)

• मे (me) - my (possessive) (my, of me)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to the listener) (O king)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• स्पृशन्ति (spṛśanti) - they touch

• मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise people (who understand the rules of purity and edibility) (wise men, intelligent people, sages)

• अभक्ष्याणि (abhakṣyāṇi) - inedible (referring to meats) (not to be eaten, inedible)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मांसानि (māṁsāni) - (my) flesh (meats, flesh)

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the identified animal) (that, he)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, the animal) (I, myself)

• पञ्चनखः (pañcanakhaḥ) - five-nailed animal (referring to the speaker) (five-nailed (animal))

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed (the speaker was killed) (killed, struck, slain)

Words meanings and morphology

चर्म (carma) - (my) skin (skin, hide)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of carman

carman - skin, hide, leather, shield

N-stem noun.

Note: Object of `spṛśanti`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `carma` and `asthi`.

अस्थि (asthi) - (my) bone (bone)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asthi

asthi - bone

I-stem noun.

Note: Object of `spṛśanti`.

च (ca) - and (emphatic, or linking a pair of objects) (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the conjunctions, or gives emphasis.

मे (me) - my (possessive) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

Note: Possessive, "my".

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to the listener) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

N-stem noun.

Root: rāj (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the verb `spṛśanti`.

स्पृशन्ति (spṛśanti) - they touch

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of spṛś

Present tense, active voice.

Root class 6, spṛśa stem.

Root: spṛś (class 6)

Note: Verb for `manīṣiṇaḥ`.

मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise people (who understand the rules of purity and edibility) (wise men, intelligent people, sages)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin

manīṣin - wise, intelligent, thoughtful; a wise man, sage

From manīṣā (wisdom) + in suffix.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of `spṛśanti`.

अभक्ष्याणि (abhakṣyāṇi) - inedible (referring to meats) (not to be eaten, inedible)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of abhakṣya

abhakṣya - not to be eaten, inedible, forbidden food

Gerundive

From a (not) + root bhakṣ (to eat) + ṇyat suffix.

Prefix: a

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Predicate adjective for `māṃsāni`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the clauses.

मांसानि (māṁsāni) - (my) flesh (meats, flesh)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

Note: Subject for `abhakṣyāṇi` (implied `asti`).

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the identified animal) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Connects to `aham` with implied "I am that one.".

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker, the animal) (I, myself)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person pronoun.

Note: Subject of the final clause.

पञ्चनखः (pañcanakhaḥ) - five-nailed animal (referring to the speaker) (five-nailed (animal))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pañcanakha

pañcanakha - five-nailed, having five claws/nails (referring to animals)

Compound: pañcan (five) + nakha (nail, claw).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pañcan+nakha)

• pañcan – five
  numeral
• nakha – nail, claw, talon
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies `aham`.

हतः (hataḥ) - killed (the speaker was killed) (killed, struck, slain)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill) + kta suffix.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for `aham`.

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