वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-23, verse-8

शूराय न प्रदातव्या कन्या खलु विपश्चिता ।
शूरभार्यां हतां पश्य सद्यो मां विधवां कृताम् ॥८॥

8. śūrāya na pradātavyā kanyā khalu vipaścitā ,
śūrabhāryāṃ hatāṃ paśya sadyo māṃ vidhavāṃ kṛtām.

8. śūrāya na pradātavyā kanyā khalu vipaścitā
śūrabhar(y)ām hatām paśya sadyaḥ mām vidhavām kṛtām

8. khalu vipaścitā kanyā śūrāya na pradātavyā paśya
śūrabhar(y)ām hatām sadyaḥ mām vidhavām kṛtām

8. Indeed, a wise person should not give their daughter to a warrior. See me, a warrior's wife, immediately widowed and rendered as if slain myself.

Words meanings summery:

• शूराय (śūrāya) - to a warrior, for a hero

• न (na) - not, no

• प्रदातव्या (pradātavyā) - should be given, ought to be given

• कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, daughter

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, surely, certainly

• विपश्चिता (vipaścitā) - by a wise person, by a learned person

• शूरभर्(य्)आम् (śūrabhar(y)ām) - warrior's wife

• हताम् (hatām) - rendered as if dead, ruined (slain, killed (as if killed))

• पश्य (paśya) - see, behold

• सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, at once

• माम् (mām) - me

• विधवाम् (vidhavām) - widowed

• कृताम् (kṛtām) - made, rendered

Words meanings and morphology

शूराय (śūrāya) - to a warrior, for a hero

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - hero, warrior, brave

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

प्रदातव्या (pradātavyā) - should be given, ought to be given

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pradātavya

pradātavya - to be given, due to be given

Gerundive (karmaṇi kṛtya)

derived from root dā (to give) with prefix pra, suffix -tavya

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'kanyā'.

कन्या (kanyā) - maiden, daughter

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, daughter, girl

खलु (khalu) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle emphasizing the statement.

विपश्चिता (vipaścitā) - by a wise person, by a learned person

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vipaścit

vipaścit - wise, learned, intelligent person

Note: Agent of action ('pradātavyā').

शूरभर्(य्)आम् (śūrabhar(y)ām) - warrior's wife

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śūrabhar(y)ā

śūrabhar(y)ā - wife of a warrior, hero's wife

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śūra+bhar(y)ā)

• śūra – hero, warrior
  noun (masculine)
• bhar(y)ā – wife
  noun (feminine)

हताम् (hatām) - rendered as if dead, ruined (slain, killed (as if killed))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hatā

hatā - killed, slain, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

derived from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'śūrabhar(y)ām' and 'mām'.

पश्य (paśya) - see, behold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, at once

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

विधवाम् (vidhavām) - widowed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vidhavā

vidhavā - widow, widowed

Note: Qualifies 'mām'.

कृताम् (kṛtām) - made, rendered

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛtā

kṛtā - made, done, performed, rendered

Past Passive Participle

derived from root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'mām'.