वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-31, verse-3

किमर्थं तव नेत्राभ्यां वारि स्रवति शोकजम् ।
पुण्डरीकपलाशाभ्यां विप्रकीर्णमिवोदकम् ॥३॥

3. kimarthaṃ tava netrābhyāṃ vāri sravati śokajam ,
puṇḍarīkapalāśābhyāṃ viprakīrṇamivodakam.

3. kimartham tava netrābhyām vāri sravati śokajam
puṇḍarīkapalāśābhyām viprakīrṇam iva udakam

3. tava netrābhyām śokajam vāri kimartham sravati
puṇḍarīkapalāśābhyām udakam iva viprakīrṇam

3. Why does water, born of sorrow, flow from your eyes, as if water were sprinkled from two lotus petals?

Words meanings summery:

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - For what purpose? Why?

• तव (tava) - Your, of you

• नेत्राभ्याम् (netrābhyām) - from two eyes, by two eyes

• वारि (vāri) - water

• स्रवति (sravati) - flows, streams

• शोकजम् (śokajam) - sorrow-born, born of sorrow

• पुण्डरीकपलाशाभ्याम् (puṇḍarīkapalāśābhyām) - from two lotus petals, by two lotus petals

• विप्रकीर्णम् (viprakīrṇam) - scattered, sprinkled, dispersed

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• उदकम् (udakam) - water

Words meanings and morphology

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - For what purpose? Why?

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

तव (tava) - Your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

नेत्राभ्याम् (netrābhyām) - from two eyes, by two eyes

(noun)

neuter, dual of netra

netra - eye

वारि (vāri) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vāri

vāri - water

स्रवति (sravati) - flows, streams

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of sru

Root: sru (class 1)

शोकजम् (śokajam) - sorrow-born, born of sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śokaja

śokaja - born of sorrow, produced by grief

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+ja)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Nominal stem derived from root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan

पुण्डरीकपलाशाभ्याम् (puṇḍarīkapalāśābhyām) - from two lotus petals, by two lotus petals

(noun)

neuter, dual of puṇḍarīkapalāśa

puṇḍarīkapalāśa - lotus petal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puṇḍarīka+palāśa)

• puṇḍarīka – white lotus
  noun (neuter)
• palāśa – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)

विप्रकीर्णम् (viprakīrṇam) - scattered, sprinkled, dispersed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viprakīrṇa

viprakīrṇa - scattered, sprinkled, dispersed

Past Passive Participle

From root kīr (to scatter) with prefixes vi and pra.

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: kīr

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

उदकम् (udakam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water