वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-14, verse-28

इमामसितकेशान्तां शतपत्रनिभेक्षणाम् ।
सुखार्हां दुःखितां दृष्ट्वा ममापि व्यथितं मनः ॥२८॥

28. imāmasitakeśāntāṃ śatapatranibhekṣaṇām ,
sukhārhāṃ duḥkhitāṃ dṛṣṭvā mamāpi vyathitaṃ manaḥ.

28. imām asitakeśāntām śatapatranibhekṣaṇām sukhārhām
duḥkhitām dṛṣṭvā mama api vyathitam manaḥ

28. imām asitakeśāntām śatapatranibhekṣaṇām sukhārhām
duḥkhitām dṛṣṭvā mama manaḥ api vyathitam

28. Seeing this woman, with her dark hair-ends and eyes like lotus petals, who deserves happiness yet is now distressed, even my mind is agitated.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाम् (imām) - this woman (Sita) (this (feminine))

• असितकेशान्ताम् (asitakeśāntām) - whose hair-ends are dark (having dark hair-ends, with black hair)

• शतपत्रनिभेक्षणाम् (śatapatranibhekṣaṇām) - whose eyes resemble lotus petals (having eyes like a hundred lotus petals, lotus-eyed)

• सुखार्हाम् (sukhārhām) - deserving happiness, worthy of joy

• दुःखिताम् (duḥkhitām) - distressed, unhappy, suffering

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• व्यथितम् (vyathitam) - agitated, pained, distressed

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

Words meanings and morphology

इमाम् (imām) - this woman (Sita) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, she, he, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭvā'.

असितकेशान्ताम् (asitakeśāntām) - whose hair-ends are dark (having dark hair-ends, with black hair)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of asitakeśāntā

asitakeśāntā - with dark hair-ends, having black hair

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (asita+keśa+anta)

• asita – black, dark, not white
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Derived from 'a-' (not) + 'sita' (white).
  Prefix: a
• keśa – hair
  noun (masculine)
• anta – end, boundary, vicinity
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'imām'.

शतपत्रनिभेक्षणाम् (śatapatranibhekṣaṇām) - whose eyes resemble lotus petals (having eyes like a hundred lotus petals, lotus-eyed)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śatapatranibhekṣaṇā

śatapatranibhekṣaṇā - having eyes resembling lotus petals

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+patra+nibha+īkṣaṇa)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• patra – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• nibha – resembling, like, similar
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From prefix 'ni-' and root '√bhā' (to shine).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: √bhā (class 2)
• īkṣaṇa – seeing, eye, look
  noun (neuter)
  From root '√īkṣ' (to see).
  Root: √īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'imām'.

सुखार्हाम् (sukhārhām) - deserving happiness, worthy of joy

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sukhārhā

sukhārhā - deserving happiness, worthy of joy

Tatpuruṣa compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+arha)

• sukha – happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort
  noun (neuter)
  Often contrasted with 'duḥkha'.
• arha – deserving, worthy, fit
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  From root √arh (to deserve).
  Root: √arh (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'imām'.

दुःखिताम् (duḥkhitām) - distressed, unhappy, suffering

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duḥkhita

duḥkhita - distressed, unhappy, suffering, pained

Past Passive Participle

From 'duḥkha' with 'ita' suffix.

Note: Modifies 'imām'.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

First person pronoun.

Note: Possessive, modifying 'manaḥ'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

व्यथितम् (vyathitam) - agitated, pained, distressed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyathita

vyathita - agitated, distressed, pained, troubled

Past Passive Participle

From root '√vyath' (to be agitated, troubled)

Root: √vyath (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'manaḥ'.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, intellect, heart

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, disposition

s-stem neuter noun.

Root: √man (class 4)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'bhavati' (is).

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