वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-20, verse-10

हृदयं सुस्थिरं मह्यं दृष्ट्वा विनिहतं भुवि ।
यन्न शोकाभिसंतप्तं स्फुटते ऽद्य सहस्रधा ॥१०॥

10. hṛdayaṃ susthiraṃ mahyaṃ dṛṣṭvā vinihataṃ bhuvi ,
yanna śokābhisaṃtaptaṃ sphuṭate'dya sahasradhā.

10. hṛdayam susthiram mahyam dṛṣṭvā vinihatam bhuvi
yat na śokābhisantaptam sphuṭate adya sahasradhā

10. bhuvi vinihatam mahyam susthiram hṛdayam dṛṣṭvā,
yat śokābhisantaptam adya sahasradhā na sphuṭate

10. Seeing my very steadfast heart, struck down on the ground, that it does not burst into a thousand pieces (sahasradhā) today, tormented by sorrow!

Words meanings summery:

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind

• सुस्थिरम् (susthiram) - very steadfast, extremely firm

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - my, for me

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• विनिहतम् (vinihatam) - struck down, killed, destroyed

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the earth, on the ground

• यत् (yat) - that (conjunction), which

• न (na) - not, no

• शोकाभिसन्तप्तम् (śokābhisantaptam) - greatly tormented by sorrow

• स्फुटते (sphuṭate) - it breaks, bursts, splits

• अद्य (adya) - today

• सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - in a thousand ways/pieces

Words meanings and morphology

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul

सुस्थिरम् (susthiram) - very steadfast, extremely firm

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of susthira

susthira - very firm, steady, steadfast

Compound type : prādisamāsa (su+sthira)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)

मह्यम् (mahyam) - my, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Often used as genitive 'my' in poetry.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see) with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विनिहतम् (vinihatam) - struck down, killed, destroyed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vinihata

vinihata - struck down, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ni'.

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'hṛdayam'.

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land

यत् (yat) - that (conjunction), which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शोकाभिसन्तप्तम् (śokābhisantaptam) - greatly tormented by sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śokābhisantapta

śokābhisantapta - greatly tormented/afflicted by sorrow

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : instrumental tatpurusha (śoka+abhisantapta)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
• abhisantapta – greatly tormented, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'tap' (to heat, torment) with prefixes 'abhi' and 'sam'.
  Prefixes: abhi+sam
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'hṛdayam' or 'yat'.

स्फुटते (sphuṭate) - it breaks, bursts, splits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of sphuṭ

Root: sphuṭ (class 6)

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

सहस्रधा (sahasradhā) - in a thousand ways/pieces

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sahasra+-dhā)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• -dhā – suffix meaning 'in...ways' or 'times'
  indeclinable

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