वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-30, verse-5

स्वप्नो ऽपि नायं न हि मे ऽस्ति निद्रा शोकेन दुःखेन च पीडितायाः ।
सुखं हि मे नास्ति यतो ऽस्मि हीना तेनेन्दुपूर्णप्रतिमाननेन ॥५॥

5. svapno'pi nāyaṃ na hi me'sti nidrā śokena duḥkhena ca pīḍitāyāḥ ,
sukhaṃ hi me nāsti yato'smi hīnā tenendupūrṇapratimānanena.

5. svapnaḥ api na ayam na hi me asti
nidrā śokena duḥkhena ca pīḍitāyāḥ
sukham hi me na asti yataḥ asmi
hīnā tena indu-pūrṇa-pratimānanena

5. ayam svapnaḥ api na [asti] hi me
śokena duḥkhena ca pīḍitāyāḥ nidrā na
asti yataḥ tena indu-pūrṇa-pratimānanena
hīnā asmi hi me sukham na asti

5. This cannot be a dream, for I have no sleep, tormented as I am by sorrow and anguish. Indeed, I have no happiness, because I am separated from him whose face is like the full moon.

Words meanings summery:

• स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• न (na) - not, no

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• मे (me) - to me, my

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep

• शोकेन (śokena) - by sorrow, by grief

• दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by suffering, by misery, by pain

• च (ca) - and, also

• पीडितायाः (pīḍitāyāḥ) - of me who is tormented/afflicted

• सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• मे (me) - to me, my

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• यतः (yataḥ) - because, from which, since

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• हीना (hīnā) - deprived, separated, abandoned, deficient

• तेन (tena) - separated from him (by him, from him)

• इन्दु-पूर्ण-प्रतिमाननेन (indu-pūrṇa-pratimānanena) - by him whose face resembles the full moon, by him whose likeness is that of the full moon

Words meanings and morphology

स्वप्नः (svapnaḥ) - dream, sleep

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna

svapna - dream, sleep, delusion

Root: svap (class 2)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Can also be dative

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

निद्रा (nidrā) - sleep

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep, slumber

Root: drā (class 2)

शोकेन (śokena) - by sorrow, by grief

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, lamentation, anguish

Root: śuc (class 1)

दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - by suffering, by misery, by pain

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - suffering, misery, pain, unhappiness

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पीडितायाः (pīḍitāyāḥ) - of me who is tormented/afflicted

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of pīḍita

pīḍita - tormented, afflicted, distressed, oppressed

Past Passive Participle

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

सुखम् (sukham) - happiness, pleasure

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Can also be dative

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

यतः (yataḥ) - because, from which, since

(indeclinable)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

हीना (hīnā) - deprived, separated, abandoned, deficient

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hīna

hīna - deprived, destitute, inferior, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

Root: hā (class 3)

तेन (tena) - separated from him (by him, from him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Functions as ablative of separation here.

इन्दु-पूर्ण-प्रतिमाननेन (indu-pūrṇa-pratimānanena) - by him whose face resembles the full moon, by him whose likeness is that of the full moon

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of indu-pūrṇa-pratimānana

indu-pūrṇa-pratimānana - one whose likeness/resemblance is a full moon (referring to a face)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (indu+pūrṇa+pratimānana)

• indu – moon, drop, Soma
  noun (masculine)
• pūrṇa – full, complete, filled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: pṛ (class 9)
• pratimānana – resemblance, likeness, comparison, reflection
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mān (class 4)

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