वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-13, verse-48

स्त्री प्रनष्टेति कारुण्यादाश्रितेत्यानृशंस्यतः ।
पत्नी नष्टेति शोकेन प्रियेति मदनेन च ॥४८॥

48. strī pranaṣṭeti kāruṇyādāśritetyānṛśaṃsyataḥ ,
patnī naṣṭeti śokena priyeti madanena ca.

48. strī pranaṣṭā iti kāruṇyāt āśritā iti ānṛśaṃsyataḥ
patnī naṣṭā iti śokena priyā iti madanena ca

48. strī pranaṣṭā iti kāruṇyāt āśritā iti ānṛśaṃsyataḥ
patnī naṣṭā iti śokena priyā iti madanena ca

48. He is moved by compassion thinking, "A woman is lost"; by kindness, remembering, "She took refuge with me"; by sorrow, lamenting, "My wife is lost"; and by desire, thinking of her as "My beloved."

Words meanings summery:

• स्त्री (strī) - A woman (woman, female)

• प्रनष्टा (pranaṣṭā) - is lost (lost, disappeared, vanished)

• इति (iti) - thinking, "A woman is lost" (thus, so, thinking that, indicating a quotation or thought)

• कारुण्यात् (kāruṇyāt) - by compassion (from compassion, due to compassion)

• आश्रिता (āśritā) - She took refuge (with me) (dependent, sought refuge, resorted to)

• इति (iti) - remembering, "She took refuge with me" (thus, so, thinking that, indicating a quotation or thought)

• आनृशंस्यतः (ānṛśaṁsyataḥ) - by kindness (from kindness, due to humanity)

• पत्नी (patnī) - My wife (wife, mistress of the house)

• नष्टा (naṣṭā) - is lost (lost, destroyed, ruined)

• इति (iti) - lamenting, "My wife is lost" (thus, so, thinking that, indicating a quotation or thought)

• शोकेन (śokena) - by sorrow (by sorrow, by grief)

• प्रिया (priyā) - My beloved (beloved, dear, favorite)

• इति (iti) - thinking of her as, "My beloved" (thus, so, thinking that, indicating a quotation or thought)

• मदनेन (madanena) - by desire (by love, by desire, by passion)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

स्त्री (strī) - A woman (woman, female)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

प्रनष्टा (pranaṣṭā) - is lost (lost, disappeared, vanished)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pranaṣṭa

pranaṣṭa - lost, disappeared, vanished

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √naś (to perish) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Feminine form of pranaṣṭa.

इति (iti) - thinking, "A woman is lost" (thus, so, thinking that, indicating a quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)

कारुण्यात् (kāruṇyāt) - by compassion (from compassion, due to compassion)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kāruṇya

kāruṇya - compassion, pity, mercy

आश्रिता (āśritā) - She took refuge (with me) (dependent, sought refuge, resorted to)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āśrita

āśrita - dependent, sought refuge, resorted to

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śri (to resort to, seek refuge) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Feminine form of āśrita.

इति (iti) - remembering, "She took refuge with me" (thus, so, thinking that, indicating a quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)

आनृशंस्यतः (ānṛśaṁsyataḥ) - by kindness (from kindness, due to humanity)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ānṛśaṃsya

ānṛśaṁsya - kindness, humanity, absence of cruelty

Derived from an-ṛśaṃsa (not cruel) with suffix -ya. Here, ablative ending -taḥ.

पत्नी (patnī) - My wife (wife, mistress of the house)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of patnī

patnī - wife, mistress of the house

नष्टा (naṣṭā) - is lost (lost, destroyed, ruined)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

From root √naś (to perish, to be lost). Feminine form.

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Feminine form of naṣṭa.

इति (iti) - lamenting, "My wife is lost" (thus, so, thinking that, indicating a quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)

शोकेन (śokena) - by sorrow (by sorrow, by grief)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief

Root: śuc (class 1)

प्रिया (priyā) - My beloved (beloved, dear, favorite)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - beloved, dear, favorite (feminine)

Note: Feminine form of priya.

इति (iti) - thinking of her as, "My beloved" (thus, so, thinking that, indicating a quotation or thought)

(indeclinable)

मदनेन (madanena) - by desire (by love, by desire, by passion)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of madana

madana - love, desire, passion; also name of Kama (god of love)

Root: mad (class 7)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

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