वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-54, verse-9

भिन्नमन्त्रो ऽपराद्धश्च हीनशक्तिः कथं ह्यहम् ।
किष्किन्धां प्राप्य जीवेयमनाथ इव दुर्बलः ॥९॥

9. bhinnamantro'parāddhaśca hīnaśaktiḥ kathaṃ hyaham ,
kiṣkindhāṃ prāpya jīveyamanātha iva durbalaḥ.

9. bhinnamantraḥ aparāddhaḥ ca hīnaśaktiḥ katham hi
aham kiṣkindhām prāpya jīveyam anāthaḥ iva durbalaḥ

9. aham bhinnamantraḥ aparāddhaḥ ca hīnaśaktiḥ durbalaḥ
anāthaḥ iva kiṣkindhām prāpya katham hi jīveyam

9. How indeed could I, with my plans thwarted, having committed a transgression, and deprived of power, survive in Kiṣkindhā, weak and helpless like an orphan?

Words meanings summery:

• भिन्नमन्त्रः (bhinnamantraḥ) - one whose counsel/plans are broken/thwarted

• अपराद्धः (aparāddhaḥ) - offended, having failed, having sinned, having transgressed

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• हीनशक्तिः (hīnaśaktiḥ) - deprived of strength/power, powerless, weak

• कथम् (katham) - how?, why?, in what manner?

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• अहम् (aham) - I

• किष्किन्धाम् (kiṣkindhām) - Kiṣkindhā (name of a city/kingdom)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having acquired

• जीवेयम् (jīveyam) - might I live, may I live, I would live

• अनाथः (anāthaḥ) - without a protector, helpless, orphan

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• दुर्बलः (durbalaḥ) - weak, feeble, powerless

Words meanings and morphology

भिन्नमन्त्रः (bhinnamantraḥ) - one whose counsel/plans are broken/thwarted

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhinnamantra

bhinnamantra - one whose counsel or plans are broken, having thwarted plans

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+mantra)

• bhinna – broken, split, pierced, different, separate, divided, destroyed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'bhid' (to break, to split).
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• mantra – thought, counsel, plan, sacred word, hymn, spell
  noun (masculine)
  Root: man (class 4)

अपराद्धः (aparāddhaḥ) - offended, having failed, having sinned, having transgressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aparāddha

aparāddha - offended, having failed, having sinned, having transgressed, having done wrong

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the verb root 'rādh' (to succeed) with prefix 'apa' (away, badly), implying a failure or transgression.

Prefix: apa

Root: rādh (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

हीनशक्तिः (hīnaśaktiḥ) - deprived of strength/power, powerless, weak

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hīnaśakti

hīnaśakti - deprived of strength, powerless, weak

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hīna+śakti)

• hīna – abandoned, left, deficient, deprived of, inferior
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'hā' (to abandon, forsake).
  Root: hā (class 3)
• śakti – power, strength, energy, capability, faculty
  noun (feminine)
  Root: śak (class 5)

कथम् (katham) - how?, why?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

किष्किन्धाम् (kiṣkindhām) - Kiṣkindhā (name of a city/kingdom)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kiṣkindhā

kiṣkindhā - Kiṣkindhā (the capital city of the Vānara kingdom, associated with Sugrīva)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having acquired

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from the prefix 'pra' and the root 'āp' with the '-ya' suffix.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

जीवेयम् (jīveyam) - might I live, may I live, I would live

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

अनाथः (anāthaḥ) - without a protector, helpless, orphan

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anātha

anātha - without a protector, helpless, orphaned, destitute

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nātha)

• a – not, un-, in- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• nātha – protector, lord, master, refuge, help
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nāth (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

दुर्बलः (durbalaḥ) - weak, feeble, powerless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durbala

durbala - weak, feeble, powerless, infirm

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+bala)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill-, hard (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• bala – strength, power, force, might
  noun (neuter)