वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-23, verse-14

एषाल्पपुण्या कृपणा विनशिष्याम्यनाथवत् ।
समुद्रमध्ये नौ पूर्णा वायुवेगैरिवाहता ॥१४॥

14. eṣālpapuṇyā kṛpaṇā vinaśiṣyāmyanāthavat ,
samudramadhye nau pūrṇā vāyuvegairivāhatā.

14. eṣā alpapuṇyā kṛpaṇā vinaśiṣyāmi anāthavat
samudramadhye nau pūrṇā vāyuvegaiḥ iva āhatā

14. eṣā alpapuṇyā kṛpaṇā anāthavat vinaśiṣyāmi
samudramadhye nau pūrṇā vāyuvegaiḥ iva āhatā

14. I, wretched and of little merit, will perish like one without a protector, just as a boat, full (of water), struck by the force of winds, is destroyed in the middle of the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• अल्पपुण्या (alpapuṇyā) - of little merit, unfortunate

• कृपणा (kṛpaṇā) - wretched, miserable, pitiable

• विनशिष्यामि (vinaśiṣyāmi) - I shall perish, I shall be destroyed

• अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a protector, helplessly

• समुद्रमध्ये (samudramadhye) - in the middle of the ocean

• नौ (nau) - boat, ship

• पूर्णा (pūrṇā) - full of water (implying sinking) (full, complete, filled (with water))

• वायुवेगैः (vāyuvegaiḥ) - by the forces of wind

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• आहता (āhatā) - struck, hit, damaged

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

अल्पपुण्या (alpapuṇyā) - of little merit, unfortunate

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of alpapuṇya

alpapuṇya - of little merit, having few virtues, unfortunate

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (alpa+puṇya)

• alpa – small, little, few
  adjective (masculine)
• puṇya – merit, virtue, good deed
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the speaker (Sita)

कृपणा (kṛpaṇā) - wretched, miserable, pitiable

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛpaṇa

kṛpaṇa - wretched, miserable, poor, pitiable

Note: Refers to the speaker (Sita)

विनशिष्यामि (vinaśiṣyāmi) - I shall perish, I shall be destroyed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of naś

Future tense, Parasmaipada, 1st person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

अनाथवत् (anāthavat) - like one without a protector, helplessly

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'anātha' (without a protector) with the suffix '-vat' (like)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+nātha)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• nātha – lord, protector, master
  noun (masculine)

समुद्रमध्ये (samudramadhye) - in the middle of the ocean

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of samudramadhya

samudramadhya - middle of the ocean

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (samudra+madhya)

• samudra – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)

नौ (nau) - boat, ship

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nau

nau - boat, ship, vessel

पूर्णा (pūrṇā) - full of water (implying sinking) (full, complete, filled (with water))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pūrṇa

pūrṇa - full, complete, filled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pṛ- (to fill)

Root: pṛ (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'nau'.

वायुवेगैः (vāyuvegaiḥ) - by the forces of wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vāyuvega

vāyuvega - force of wind, speed of wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vāyu+vega)

• vāyu – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• vega – force, speed, impulse
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vij (class 3)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

आहता (āhatā) - struck, hit, damaged

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āhata

āhata - struck, hit, damaged, wounded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root han- (to strike, kill) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'nau'.