वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-18, verse-29

क्लिष्टकौशेयवसनां तन्वीमप्यनलंकृताम् ।
तां दृष्ट्वा स्वेषु दारेषु रतिं नोपलभाम्यहम् ॥२९॥

29. kliṣṭakauśeyavasanāṃ tanvīmapyanalaṃkṛtām ,
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sveṣu dāreṣu ratiṃ nopalabhāmyaham.

29. kliṣṭakauśeyavasanām tanvīm api analaṅkṛtām tām
dṛṣṭvā sveṣu dāreṣu ratim na upalabhāmi aham

29. aham kliṣṭakauśeyavasanām tanvīm api analaṅkṛtām
tām dṛṣṭvā sveṣu dāreṣu ratim na upalabhāmi

29. Having seen her, clad in worn-out silk, slender, and unadorned, I find no pleasure in my own wives.

Words meanings summery:

• क्लिष्टकौशेयवसनाम् (kliṣṭakauśeyavasanām) - Sītā, clad in worn-out silk. (Clad in soiled or worn-out silk garments.)

• तन्वीम् (tanvīm) - Sītā, who is slender. (Slender, delicate (woman).)

• अपि (api) - Even though, or in spite of being. (Even, also, though, in spite of.)

• अनलङ्कृताम् (analaṅkṛtām) - Sītā, who is unadorned. (Unadorned, undecorated.)

• ताम् (tām) - Refers to Sītā. (Her, that (feminine singular accusative).)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - After seeing Sītā. (Having seen.)

• स्वेषु (sveṣu) - Among my own (wives). (In one's own, among one's own.)

• दारेषु (dāreṣu) - Among my own wives. (In wives, among wives.)

• रतिम् (ratim) - Pleasure or delight (specifically in a conjugal sense). (Pleasure, delight, enjoyment, sexual intercourse.)

• न (na) - Negates the verb 'upalabhāmi'. (Not, no.)

• उपलभामि (upalabhāmi) - I find (pleasure). (I obtain, I find, I perceive.)

• अहम् (aham) - The speaker (Rāvaṇa). (I.)

Words meanings and morphology

क्लिष्टकौशेयवसनाम् (kliṣṭakauśeyavasanām) - Sītā, clad in worn-out silk. (Clad in soiled or worn-out silk garments.)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kliṣṭakauśeyavasana

kliṣṭakauśeyavasana - One whose silken garment is soiled/worn-out.

Compound formed from kliṣṭa (past passive participle of √kliś 'to suffer, distress'), kauśeya (silk), and vasana (garment).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kliṣṭa+kauśeya+vasana)

• kliṣṭa – distressed, soiled, worn out
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kliś (class 4) 'to distress, suffer'
  Root: kliś (class 4)
• kauśeya – silken, made of silk
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from kośa (cocoon) or kuśīda (silk thread)
• vasana – garment, clothing
  noun (neuter)
  From √vas (class 2) 'to wear, clothe'
  Root: vas (class 2)

तन्वीम् (tanvīm) - Sītā, who is slender. (Slender, delicate (woman).)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tanvī

tanvī - A slender woman, a delicate woman.

Feminine form of tanu (slender, body).

अपि (api) - Even though, or in spite of being. (Even, also, though, in spite of.)

(indeclinable)

अनलङ्कृताम् (analaṅkṛtām) - Sītā, who is unadorned. (Unadorned, undecorated.)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of analaṅkṛtā

analaṅkṛtā - Unadorned, undecorated, unornamented.

Negative prefix 'an-' + alaṅkṛta (past passive participle of √alam-kṛ 'to adorn').

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+alaṅkṛta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• alaṅkṛta – adorned, decorated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (class 8) 'to do' with upasarga 'alam'
  Prefix: alam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

ताम् (tām) - Refers to Sītā. (Her, that (feminine singular accusative).)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - That, she, it. (pronoun)

Demonstrative pronoun.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - After seeing Sītā. (Having seen.)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √dṛś (class 1) 'to see'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्वेषु (sveṣu) - Among my own (wives). (In one's own, among one's own.)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of sva

sva - Own, one's own, belonging to oneself; property, wealth; kinsman.

Pronominal adjective.

दारेषु (dāreṣu) - Among my own wives. (In wives, among wives.)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - A wife (always used in plural in this sense).

Always plural for 'wife'.

रतिम् (ratim) - Pleasure or delight (specifically in a conjugal sense). (Pleasure, delight, enjoyment, sexual intercourse.)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rati

rati - Pleasure, delight, love, enjoyment, sexual intercourse.

From √ram (class 1) 'to sport, delight'.

Root: ram (class 1)

न (na) - Negates the verb 'upalabhāmi'. (Not, no.)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

उपलभामि (upalabhāmi) - I find (pleasure). (I obtain, I find, I perceive.)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of upalabh

Present Active Indicative

From √labh (class 1) 'to obtain' with upasarga 'upa'.

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - The speaker (Rāvaṇa). (I.)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun).

First person singular pronoun.

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