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

सीतासंदेशरहितं मामितस्त्वरया गतम् ।
निर्दहेदपि काकुत्स्थः क्रुद्धस्तीव्रेण चक्षुषा ॥१४॥

14. sītāsaṃdeśarahitaṃ māmitastvarayā gatam ,
nirdahedapi kākutsthaḥ kruddhastīvreṇa cakṣuṣā.

14. sītāsaṃdeśarahitam mām itaḥ tvarayā gatam
nirdhet api kākutsthaḥ kruddhaḥ tīvreṇa cakṣuṣā

14. Rāma (Kākutstha), enraged, would burn me with his fierce gaze, if I were to return from here swiftly without Sītā's message.

Words meanings summery:

• सीतासंदेशरहितम् (sītāsaṁdeśarahitam) - without Sītā's message (devoid of Sītā's message, without Sītā's message)

• माम् (mām) - me (Hanuman) (me)

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here (Lanka) (from here, hence)

• त्वरया (tvarayā) - swiftly (swiftly, quickly, with speed)

• गतम् (gatam) - having returned, going (gone, arrived, having gone)

• निर्धेत् (nirdhet) - he would burn (he would burn completely, he would consume)

• अपि (api) - even, indeed (intensifier) (even, also, indeed)

• काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma))

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (angry, enraged)

• तीव्रेण (tīvreṇa) - by his fierce (by fierce, by sharp, by intense)

• चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - with his gaze (by the eye, with the eye, by sight)

Words meanings and morphology

सीतासंदेशरहितम् (sītāsaṁdeśarahitam) - without Sītā's message (devoid of Sītā's message, without Sītā's message)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sītāsaṃdeśarahita

sītāsaṁdeśarahita - devoid of Sītā's message

Compound of Sītā, saṃdeśa (message), and rahita (devoid of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sītā+saṃdeśa+rahita)

• sītā – Sītā
  proper noun (feminine)
• saṃdeśa – message, news
  noun (masculine)
  From √diś with sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √diś (class 6)
• rahita – devoid of, abandoned, separated from
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From √rah + kta
  Root: √rah (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'mām'.

माम् (mām) - me (Hanuman) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

इतः (itaḥ) - from here (Lanka) (from here, hence)

(indeclinable)

adverb derived from idam.

त्वरया (tvarayā) - swiftly (swiftly, quickly, with speed)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tvarā

tvarā - speed, haste, quickness

From √tvar (to hurry).

Root: √tvar (class 1)

गतम् (gatam) - having returned, going (gone, arrived, having gone)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, gone to, past

past passive participle

From √gam + kta (past passive participle suffix).

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Here, 'me, having gone'.

निर्धेत् (nirdhet) - he would burn (he would burn completely, he would consume)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of nirdah

Optative mood, 3rd person singular

From √dah (to burn) with prefix nir.

Prefix: nir

Root: √dah (class 1)

Note: Subject is Kākutsthaḥ.

अपि (api) - even, indeed (intensifier) (even, also, indeed)

(indeclinable)

particle

काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Rāma (descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an epithet of Rāma)

Derived from Kakutstha.

Note: Subject of nirdhet.

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (angry, enraged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, wrathful

past passive participle

From √krudh (to be angry) + kta (past passive participle suffix).

Root: √krudh (class 4)

Note: Adjectival predicate for Kākutsthaḥ.

तीव्रेण (tīvreṇa) - by his fierce (by fierce, by sharp, by intense)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tīvra

tīvra - sharp, fierce, intense, keen, vehement

Note: Agrees with cakṣuṣā in gender, number, and case.

चक्षुषा (cakṣuṣā) - with his gaze (by the eye, with the eye, by sight)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of cakṣus

cakṣus - eye, sight, vision

Root √cakṣ (to see) + usun suffix.

Root: √cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Denotes the instrument of burning.

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