वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-13, verse-21

व्रीडितां दुःखसंतप्तां परिम्लानां तपस्विनीम् ।
ग्रहेणाङ्गारकेणैव पीडितामिव रोहिणीम् ॥२१॥

21. vrīḍitāṃ duḥkhasaṃtaptāṃ parimlānāṃ tapasvinīm ,
graheṇāṅgārakeṇaiva pīḍitāmiva rohiṇīm.

21. vrīḍitām duḥkhasaṃtaptām parimlānām tapasvinīm
graheṇa aṅgārakeṇa eva pīḍitām iva rohiṇīm

21. vrīḍitām duḥkhasaṃtaptām parimlānām tapasvinīm,
rohiṇīm pīḍitām iva graheṇa aṅgārakeṇa eva

21. She was ashamed, tormented by sorrow, greatly withered, a suffering ascetic woman, like Rohiṇī tormented by the planet Mars (Aṅgāraka).

Words meanings summery:

• व्रीडिताम् (vrīḍitām) - Sita, feeling ashamed or mortified by her condition (ashamed, modest, bashful)

• दुःखसंतप्ताम् (duḥkhasaṁtaptām) - Sita, tormented by her sorrowful state (tormented by sorrow, burning with grief)

• परिम्लानाम् (parimlānām) - Sita, greatly withered (by suffering) (greatly withered, much faded, very weary)

• तपस्विनीम् (tapasvinīm) - Sita, as an ascetic woman due to her captivity and suffering (an ascetic woman, a suffering woman)

• ग्रहेण (graheṇa) - by a specific celestial body (Mars) (by the planet, by the celestial body)

• अङ्गारकेण (aṅgārakeṇa) - by Mars, by the planet Mars

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, alone

• पीडिताम् (pīḍitām) - Rohiṇī, tormented (by Mars) (tormented, oppressed, afflicted)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm) - Rohiṇī, the lunar mansion, personified as a celestial being (Rohiṇī (a lunar mansion), a red cow)

Words meanings and morphology

व्रीडिताम् (vrīḍitām) - Sita, feeling ashamed or mortified by her condition (ashamed, modest, bashful)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vrīḍita

vrīḍita - ashamed, modest, bashful, embarrassed

Past Passive Participle

From root vrīḍ (to be ashamed)

Root: vrīḍ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied 'her' (Sita)

दुःखसंतप्ताम् (duḥkhasaṁtaptām) - Sita, tormented by her sorrowful state (tormented by sorrow, burning with grief)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duḥkhasaṃtapta

duḥkhasaṁtapta - tormented by sorrow, burning with grief

Compound of duḥkha (sorrow) and saṃtapta (tormented, burning)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (duḥkha+saṃtapta)

• duḥkha – sorrow, pain, suffering, misery
  noun (neuter)
• saṃtapta – heated, burning, tormented, afflicted
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix sam- + root tap (to heat, burn, torment)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied 'her' (Sita)

परिम्लानाम् (parimlānām) - Sita, greatly withered (by suffering) (greatly withered, much faded, very weary)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of parimlāna

parimlāna - faded, withered, languid, exhausted

Past Passive Participle

From prefix pari- + root mlai (to fade, wither)

Prefix: pari

Root: mlai (class 1)

Note: Qualifies an implied 'her' (Sita)

तपस्विनीम् (tapasvinīm) - Sita, as an ascetic woman due to her captivity and suffering (an ascetic woman, a suffering woman)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tapasvinī

tapasvinī - an ascetic woman, a female hermit; a suffering or pitiable woman

Feminine form of tapasvin (ascetic, devotee, sufferer)

Note: Qualifies an implied 'her' (Sita)

ग्रहेण (graheṇa) - by a specific celestial body (Mars) (by the planet, by the celestial body)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of graha

graha - planet, celestial body, seizer, grip

From root grah (to seize, grasp)

Root: grah (class 9)

अङ्गारकेण (aṅgārakeṇa) - by Mars, by the planet Mars

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aṅgāraka

aṅgāraka - Mars (the planet), a burning coal

From aṅgāra (coal) + -ka suffix

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, alone

(indeclinable)

Note: Adds emphasis to 'aṅgārakeṇa'

पीडिताम् (pīḍitām) - Rohiṇī, tormented (by Mars) (tormented, oppressed, afflicted)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pīḍita

pīḍita - tormented, afflicted, oppressed, distressed

Past Passive Participle

From root pīḍ (to oppress, torment)

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'rohiṇīm'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm) - Rohiṇī, the lunar mansion, personified as a celestial being (Rohiṇī (a lunar mansion), a red cow)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rohiṇī

rohiṇī - Rohiṇī (name of a lunar mansion, personified as a daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Soma); a red cow

Note: Object of comparison

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