वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-11, verse-17

विनष्टा वा प्रनष्टा वा मृता वा जनकात्मजा ।
रामस्य प्रियभार्यस्य न निवेदयितुं क्षमम् ॥१७॥

17. vinaṣṭā vā pranaṣṭā vā mṛtā vā janakātmajā ,
rāmasya priyabhāryasya na nivedayituṃ kṣamam.

17. vinaṣṭā vā pranaṣṭā vā mṛtā vā janakātmajā |
rāmasya priyabhāryasya na nivedayitum kṣamam

17. janakātmajā (sā) vinaṣṭā vā pranaṣṭā vā mṛtā vā
priyabhāryasya rāmasya (tām etad) nivedayitum na kṣamam

17. Whether Janaka's daughter (Sītā) is lost, completely destroyed, or dead, it is not appropriate to report such news to Rāma, whose beloved wife she is.

Words meanings summery:

• विनष्टा (vinaṣṭā) - lost, disappeared (lost, ruined, perished)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• प्रनष्टा (pranaṣṭā) - completely destroyed/disappeared (completely lost, utterly destroyed)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• मृता (mṛtā) - dead

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• जनकात्मजा (janakātmajā) - Janaka's daughter (Sītā)

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - to Rāma (dative sense with 'nivedayitum') (of Rāma, to Rāma)

• प्रियभार्यस्य (priyabhāryasya) - of Rāma, whose beloved wife she is (of one whose beloved wife (she is))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• निवेदयितुम् (nivedayitum) - to report (to report, to inform, to announce)

• क्षमम् (kṣamam) - proper, appropriate (proper, fit, capable, suitable)

Words meanings and morphology

विनष्टा (vinaṣṭā) - lost, disappeared (lost, ruined, perished)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vinaṣṭa

vinaṣṭa - lost, ruined, perished

Past Passive Participle

From root 'naś' (to perish) with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

प्रनष्टा (pranaṣṭā) - completely destroyed/disappeared (completely lost, utterly destroyed)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pranaṣṭa

pranaṣṭa - completely lost, utterly destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'naś' (to perish) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

मृता (mṛtā) - dead

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

From root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

जनकात्मजा (janakātmajā) - Janaka's daughter (Sītā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janakātmajā

janakātmajā - Janaka's daughter

Compound: Janaka (proper noun) + ātmajā (daughter).

Compound type : tatpurusha (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  From ātman (self) + jā (born from).

रामस्य (rāmasya) - to Rāma (dative sense with 'nivedayitum') (of Rāma, to Rāma)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma

Note: Used in a dative sense (to Rāma) for reporting news.

प्रियभार्यस्य (priyabhāryasya) - of Rāma, whose beloved wife she is (of one whose beloved wife (she is))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of priyabhārya

priyabhārya - one whose wife is beloved

Compound: priya (beloved) + bhāryā (wife).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (priya+bhāryā)

• priya – beloved, dear, pleasing
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāryā – wife
  noun (feminine)
  Gerundive
  From root bhṛ (to bear), meaning 'one to be supported' or 'wife'.
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies Rāmasya.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

निवेदयितुम् (nivedayitum) - to report (to report, to inform, to announce)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of causal (ṇic) of ni-vid (to make known).

Prefix: ni

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Infinitive of purpose or object.

क्षमम् (kṣamam) - proper, appropriate (proper, fit, capable, suitable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣama

kṣama - proper, fit, capable, suitable

Note: Predicative adjective, implied verb 'is'.