वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-23, verse-18

कीदृशं तु मया पापं पुरा देहान्तरे कृतम् ।
येनेदं प्राप्यते दुःखं मया घोरं सुदारुणम् ॥१८॥

18. kīdṛśaṃ tu mayā pāpaṃ purā dehāntare kṛtam ,
yenedaṃ prāpyate duḥkhaṃ mayā ghoraṃ sudāruṇam.

18. kīdṛśam tu mayā pāpam purā dehāntare kṛtam yena
idam prāpyate duḥkham mayā ghoram sudāruṇam

18. mayā purā dehāntare kīdṛśam pāpam kṛtam yena
mayā idam ghoram sudāruṇam duḥkham prāpyate

18. What kind of sin (karma) did I truly commit in a past life (dehāntara), by which I am now experiencing this dreadful and extremely severe suffering?

Words meanings summery:

• कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, however

• मया (mayā) - by me

• पापम् (pāpam) - a wrongful action, (karma) (sin, evil, wrong-doing)

• पुरा (purā) - in a previous existence (formerly, previously, in ancient times)

• देहान्तरे (dehāntare) - in a previous birth or existence (in another body, in a different existence)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - committed (a sin) (done, performed, made)

• येन (yena) - by the result of which (sin) (by which, by whom)

• इदम् (idam) - this present (suffering) (this, this one)

• प्राप्यते (prāpyate) - is obtained, is reached, is attained, is experienced

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, misery, sorrow

• मया (mayā) - by me

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, fearful

• सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - extremely cruel, very severe, very harsh

Words meanings and morphology

कीदृशम् (kīdṛśam) - of what kind, what sort

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kīdṛśa

kīdṛśa - of what sort, of what kind, what

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

पापम् (pāpam) - a wrongful action, (karma) (sin, evil, wrong-doing)

(noun)

neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, bad, wrong, wicked

पुरा (purā) - in a previous existence (formerly, previously, in ancient times)

(indeclinable)

देहान्तरे (dehāntare) - in a previous birth or existence (in another body, in a different existence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dehāntara

dehāntara - another body, a different existence

Compound type : tatpurusha (deha+antara)

• deha – body, form, physical existence
  noun (masculine)
• antara – other, different, interval, inside, between
  noun (neuter)

कृतम् (kṛtam) - committed (a sin) (done, performed, made)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

येन (yena) - by the result of which (sin) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, who

Note: Refers to 'pāpam'.

इदम् (idam) - this present (suffering) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

प्राप्यते (prāpyate) - is obtained, is reached, is attained, is experienced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of prāp

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: āp (class 5)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, misery, sorrow

(noun)

neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, misery, sorrow, pain, unhappiness

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, fearful

(adjective)

neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fearful, formidable

सुदारुणम् (sudāruṇam) - extremely cruel, very severe, very harsh

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sudāruṇa

sudāruṇa - very cruel, extremely harsh, utterly severe

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, excellent, very, greatly
  indeclinable
• dāruṇa – cruel, harsh, severe, dreadful
  adjective