वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-22, verse-21

किं ते रामेण वैदेहि
कृपणेन गतायुषा ॥२१॥

21. kiṃ te rāmeṇa vaidehi
kṛpaṇena gatāyuṣā.

21. kim te rāmeṇa vaidehi
kṛpaṇena gatāyuṣā

21. vaidehi te kṛpaṇena
gatāyuṣā rāmeṇa kim

21. O Vaidehi, what use is there for you with Rama, who is pitiable and whose life is as good as over?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, what use

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• रामेण (rāmeṇa) - with Rama

• वैदेहि (vaidehi) - O Sita (daughter of the king of Videha) (O Vaidehi)

• कृपणेन (kṛpaṇena) - with the pitiable one, with the miserable one

• गतायुषा (gatāyuṣā) - with one whose life is gone, with the doomed

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, what use

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

रामेण (rāmeṇa) - with Rama

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a Hindu deity, hero of the Ramayana)

वैदेहि (vaidehi) - O Sita (daughter of the king of Videha) (O Vaidehi)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - a princess of Videha, Sita

कृपणेन (kṛpaṇena) - with the pitiable one, with the miserable one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṛpaṇa

kṛpaṇa - pitiable, miserable, poor

Note: Adjective agreeing with 'rāmeṇa'.

गतायुषा (gatāyuṣā) - with one whose life is gone, with the doomed

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gatāyus

gatāyus - one whose life is gone, whose age is past

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+āyus)

• gata – gone, past
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• āyus – life, age
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective agreeing with 'rāmeṇa'.