वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-33, verse-56

भृशं शोकार्णवे मग्नः पर्यदेवयदङ्गदः ।
तव नाशं च वैदेहि वालिनश्च तथा वधम् ।
प्रायोपवेशमस्माकं मरणं च जटायुषः ॥५६॥

56. bhṛśaṃ śokārṇave magnaḥ paryadevayadaṅgadaḥ ,
tava nāśaṃ ca vaidehi vālinaśca tathā vadham ,
prāyopaveśamasmākaṃ maraṇaṃ ca jaṭāyuṣaḥ.

56. bhṛśam śokārṇave magnaḥ paryadevayat
aṅgadaḥ tava nāśam ca vaidehi
vālinaḥ ca tathā vadham prāyopaveśam
asmākam maraṇam ca jaṭāyuṣaḥ

56. bhṛśam śokārṇave magnaḥ aṅgadaḥ
paryadevayat he vaidehi tava nāśam
ca tathā vālinaḥ vadham ca asmākam
prāyopaveśam ca jaṭāyuṣaḥ maraṇam

56. Deeply immersed in the ocean of sorrow, Aṅgada lamented, mentioning your loss, O Vaidehī, and also the death of Vālin, our resolve to fast unto death (prāyopaveśa), and the demise of Jaṭāyu.

Words meanings summery:

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, deeply, intensely, very much

• शोकार्णवे (śokārṇave) - in the ocean of sorrow

• मग्नः (magnaḥ) - immersed, submerged, plunged

• पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented, wailed, bewailed

• अङ्गदः (aṅgadaḥ) - Aṅgada (name of a monkey prince)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• नाशम् (nāśam) - your (Sītā's) loss/disappearance (loss, destruction, ruin)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वैदेहि (vaidehi) - O Sītā (daughter of the king of Videha) (O Vaidehī)

• वालिनः (vālinaḥ) - of Vālin

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, similarly

• वधम् (vadham) - death, killing, slaughter

• प्रायोपवेशम् (prāyopaveśam) - fast unto death, resolve to die by fasting

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• च (ca) - and, also

• जटायुषः (jaṭāyuṣaḥ) - of Jaṭāyu

Words meanings and morphology

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, deeply, intensely, very much

(indeclinable)

शोकार्णवे (śokārṇave) - in the ocean of sorrow

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śokārṇava

śokārṇava - ocean of sorrow

Compound of śoka (sorrow) and arṇava (ocean).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+arṇava)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• arṇava – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

मग्नः (magnaḥ) - immersed, submerged, plunged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of magna

magna - immersed, plunged, sunk

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √majj (to sink, to dive).

Root: majj (class 6)

पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented, wailed, bewailed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paryadevayat

Imperfect tense of the root √div (to play, to lament) with prefixes pari- and ā-.

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: div (class 1)

अङ्गदः (aṅgadaḥ) - Aṅgada (name of a monkey prince)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṅgada

aṅgada - Aṅgada (son of Vālin, a prominent monkey in the Rāmāyaṇa)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

नाशम् (nāśam) - your (Sītā's) loss/disappearance (loss, destruction, ruin)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāśa

nāśa - loss, destruction, ruin, disappearance

From root √naś (to perish, to be lost).

Root: naś (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वैदेहि (vaidehi) - O Sītā (daughter of the king of Videha) (O Vaidehī)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Sītā (daughter of Videha)

वालिनः (vālinaḥ) - of Vālin

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vālin (name of a monkey king, Sugrīva's brother)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, also, similarly

(indeclinable)

वधम् (vadham) - death, killing, slaughter

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaughter, death, blow

From root √vadh (to strike, to kill).

Root: vadh (class 1)

प्रायोपवेशम् (prāyopaveśam) - fast unto death, resolve to die by fasting

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prāyopaveśa

prāyopaveśa - fasting to death, resolve to die by fasting

Compound of prāya (resolve to die) and upaveśa (sitting down, fasting).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (prāya+upaveśa)

• prāya – resolve to die, expiration, death
  noun (masculine)
• upaveśa – sitting down, squatting, fasting
  noun (masculine)
  From root √viś (to enter) with prefix upa-.
  Prefix: upa
  Root: viś (class 6)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - of us, our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, mortality

From root √mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

जटायुषः (jaṭāyuṣaḥ) - of Jaṭāyu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jaṭāyu

jaṭāyu - Jaṭāyu (a mythical vulture, friend of Daśaratha, who tried to rescue Sītā)

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