वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-32, verse-11

तामशोकस्य शाखां सा विमुक्त्वा शोककर्शिता ।
तस्यामेवानवद्याङ्गी धरण्यां समुपाविशत् ॥११॥

11. tāmaśokasya śākhāṃ sā vimuktvā śokakarśitā ,
tasyāmevānavadyāṅgī dharaṇyāṃ samupāviśat.

11. tām aśokasya śākhām sā vimuktvā śokakarśitā
tasyām eva anavadyāṅgī dharaṇyām samupāviśat

11. Having released that branch of the Aśoka tree, she, whose body was emaciated by sorrow (śoka) yet possessed blameless limbs, sat down on the very ground.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine accusative)

• अशोकस्य (aśokasya) - of the Aśoka tree

• शाखाम् (śākhām) - branch

• सा (sā) - she

• विमुक्त्वा (vimuktvā) - having released, having let go

• शोककर्शिता (śokakarśitā) - emaciated by sorrow, withered by grief

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - on that (feminine locative)

• एव (eva) - only, just, very

• अनवद्याङ्गी (anavadyāṅgī) - she whose limbs are faultless, having blameless limbs

• धरण्याम् (dharaṇyām) - on the ground, on the earth

• समुपाविशत् (samupāviśat) - sat down, took a seat

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine accusative)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

अशोकस्य (aśokasya) - of the Aśoka tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aśoka

aśoka - Aśoka tree (Saraca asoca); literally 'without sorrow'

शाखाम् (śākhām) - branch

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śākhā

śākhā - branch, bough, limb

सा (sā) - she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

विमुक्त्वा (vimuktvā) - having released, having let go

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Formed from root muc with prefix vi and suffix -tvā

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

शोककर्शिता (śokakarśitā) - emaciated by sorrow, withered by grief

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śokakarśitā

śokakarśita - emaciated or wasted by sorrow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+karśita)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• karśita – emaciated, weakened, withered, lean
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛś with suffix -ita
  Root: kṛś (class 1)

तस्याम् (tasyām) - on that (feminine locative)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, on that

एव (eva) - only, just, very

(indeclinable)

अनवद्याङ्गी (anavadyāṅgī) - she whose limbs are faultless, having blameless limbs

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anavadyāṅgī

anavadyāṅga - having faultless limbs, of irreproachable bodily form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anavadya+aṅga)

• anavadya – faultless, blameless, irreproachable
  adjective (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body part, constituent
  noun (neuter)

धरण्याम् (dharaṇyām) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of dharaṇī

dharaṇī - earth, ground, soil

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

समुपाविशत् (samupāviśat) - sat down, took a seat

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of sam-upa-viś

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: viś (class 6)

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