वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-39, verse-2

अल्पशेषमिदं कार्यं दृष्टेयमसितेक्षणा ।
त्रीनुपायानतिक्रम्य चतुर्थ इह दृश्यते ॥२॥

2. alpaśeṣamidaṃ kāryaṃ dṛṣṭeyamasitekṣaṇā ,
trīnupāyānatikramya caturtha iha dṛśyate.

2. alpaśeṣam idam kāryam dṛṣṭā iyam asitekṣaṇā
trīn upāyān atikramya caturthaḥ iha dṛśyate

2. idam kāryam alpaśeṣam iyam asitekṣaṇā dṛṣṭā
trīn upāyān atikramya iha caturthaḥ dṛśyate

2. This task has little remaining, and this dark-eyed one (Sītā) has been seen. Now, having surpassed the three strategies (of political science - conciliation, gift, and division), a fourth one (punishment/force) is seen here.

Words meanings summery:

• अल्पशेषम् (alpaśeṣam) - little remaining, with a small remainder

• इदम् (idam) - this

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, task, duty

• दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, perceived

• इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

• असितेक्षणा (asitekṣaṇā) - Sītā, the dark-eyed one (dark-eyed one)

• त्रीन् (trīn) - three

• उपायान् (upāyān) - the three strategies of political science: sāma (conciliation), dāna (gifts), and bheda (division) (means, expedients, strategies, ways)

• अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having surpassed, having gone beyond, having neglected

• चतुर्थः (caturthaḥ) - the fourth strategy: daṇḍa (punishment or force) (the fourth)

• इह (iha) - in this matter, in this context (here, in this world, in this matter)

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

Words meanings and morphology

अल्पशेषम् (alpaśeṣam) - little remaining, with a small remainder

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of alpaśeṣa

alpaśeṣa - having little remaining, with a small remainder

Compound type : karmadhāraya (alpa+śeṣa)

• alpa – small, little, few
  adjective
• śeṣa – remainder, residue, what is left
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Modifies kāryam.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Modifies kāryam.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, task, duty

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, task, duty, action to be done

Gerundive

From root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दृष्टा (dṛṣṭā) - seen, perceived

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

Past Passive Participle

From root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Modifies asitekṣaṇā.

इयम् (iyam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Modifies asitekṣaṇā.

असितेक्षणा (asitekṣaṇā) - Sītā, the dark-eyed one (dark-eyed one)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asitekṣaṇā

asitekṣaṇā - dark-eyed (woman)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (asita+īkṣaṇā)

• asita – dark, black, dark blue
  adjective
• īkṣaṇā – eye, seeing, looking
  noun (feminine)
  Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Epithet for Sītā.

त्रीन् (trīn) - three

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

Note: Modifies upāyān.

उपायान् (upāyān) - the three strategies of political science: sāma (conciliation), dāna (gifts), and bheda (division) (means, expedients, strategies, ways)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, expedient, strategy, approach, resource

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having surpassed, having gone beyond, having neglected

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From root kram (to step, go) with prefix ati-

Prefix: ati

Root: kram (class 1)

चतुर्थः (caturthaḥ) - the fourth strategy: daṇḍa (punishment or force) (the fourth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of caturtha

caturtha - fourth

इह (iha) - in this matter, in this context (here, in this world, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

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