वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-23, verse-10

अश्मसारमयं नूनमिदं मे हृदयं दृढम् ।
भर्तारं निहतं दृष्ट्वा यन्नाद्य शतधा गतम् ॥१०॥

10. aśmasāramayaṃ nūnamidaṃ me hṛdayaṃ dṛḍham ,
bhartāraṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā yannādya śatadhā gatam.

10. aśmasāramayam nūnam idam me hṛdayam dṛḍham
bhartāram nihatam dṛṣṭvā yat na adya śatadhā gatam

10. nūnam idam me hṛdayam aśmasāramayam dṛḍham yat
nihatam bhartāram dṛṣṭvā adya śatadhā na gatam

10. Surely, this heart of mine is made of iron and is so firm, that even after seeing my husband killed, it has not yet burst into a hundred pieces.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्मसारमयम् (aśmasāramayam) - hard as iron, referring to the heart (made of iron, made of stone-essence, very hard)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, certainly, indeed)

• इदम् (idam) - this (heart) (this)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart (heart, mind, core)

• दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firm, hard (referring to the heart) (firm, strong, hard, steady)

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband (husband, supporter, master)

• निहतम् (nihatam) - killed, slain (slain, killed, struck down)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• यत् (yat) - that (as in, 'that which has not...') (which, that, because)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अद्य (adya) - today, yet (today, now)

• शतधा (śatadhā) - into a hundred pieces (in a hundred ways, a hundredfold, into a hundred pieces)

• गतम् (gatam) - gone (into a hundred pieces), broken (gone, reached, attained, broken)

Words meanings and morphology

अश्मसारमयम् (aśmasāramayam) - hard as iron, referring to the heart (made of iron, made of stone-essence, very hard)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśmasāramaya

aśmasāramaya - made of iron, made of stone, very hard

derived from aśmasāra (iron/stone-essence) + mayat suffix (indicating 'made of')

Compound type : tatpurusha (aśman+sāra+maya)

• aśman – stone, rock, thunderbolt
  noun (masculine)
• sāra – essence, core, strength, iron
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛ (class 3)
• maya – made of, consisting of
  suffix/adjective
  pratyaya `mayat` (P. 5.4.21)

Note: Agrees with hṛdayam.

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, certainly, indeed)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (heart) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with hṛdayam.

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Pronominal stem.

Note: Possessive (my heart).

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart (heart, mind, core)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, soul, core

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

दृढम् (dṛḍham) - firm, hard (referring to the heart) (firm, strong, hard, steady)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - firm, strong, hard, solid, constant

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛh (to be firm, to strengthen).

Root: dṛh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with hṛdayam.

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - husband (husband, supporter, master)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, master, maintainer

Agent Noun

From root bhṛ (to bear, support) + tṛc suffix.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

निहतम् (nihatam) - killed, slain (slain, killed, struck down)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - slain, killed, struck down, defeated

Past Passive Participle

From prefix ni + root han (to strike, kill).

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with bhartāram.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root dṛś (to see) + ktvā suffix.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Denotes prior action.

यत् (yat) - that (as in, 'that which has not...') (which, that, because)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

Relative pronoun stem.

Note: Explanatory conjunction, 'that (which)'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the action of gatam.

अद्य (adya) - today, yet (today, now)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.

शतधा (śatadhā) - into a hundred pieces (in a hundred ways, a hundredfold, into a hundred pieces)

(indeclinable)

From śata (hundred) + dhā suffix (indicating 'in X ways').

Note: Describes how the heart would break.

गतम् (gatam) - gone (into a hundred pieces), broken (gone, reached, attained, broken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, attained, understood

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go, move).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions as the main verb 'has gone'.