वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-40, verse-21

मनःपरिगृहीतां तां तव रक्षोगणेश्वर ।
कः सीतामभिभाषेत यो न स्यात्त्यक्तजीवितः ॥२१॥

21. manaḥparigṛhītāṃ tāṃ tava rakṣogaṇeśvara ,
kaḥ sītāmabhibhāṣeta yo na syāttyaktajīvitaḥ.

21. manaḥparigṛhītām tām tava rakṣogaṇeśvara kaḥ
sītām abhibhāṣeta yaḥ na syāt tyaktajīvitaḥ

21. rakṣogaṇeśvara tava manaḥparigṛhītām tām sītām
kaḥ abhibhāṣeta yaḥ tyaktajīvitaḥ na syāt

21. O lord of the Rākṣasa hosts, who would dare address that Sita, whom you have seized in your mind, unless he is one who has renounced his life?

Words meanings summery:

• मनःपरिगृहीताम् (manaḥparigṛhītām) - Sita, whom Rāvaṇa has illicitly seized in his mind (mentally seized, taken possession of in the mind, cherished in thought)

• ताम् (tām) - that (Sita) (her, that (feminine))

• तव (tava) - your (Rāvaṇa's) (your, yours)

• रक्षोगणेश्वर (rakṣogaṇeśvara) - O Rāvaṇa, lord of the demons (O lord of the host of Rākṣasas)

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what, which

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (accusative)

• अभिभाषेत (abhibhāṣeta) - would speak to, would address

• यः (yaḥ) - who (relative pronoun)

• न (na) - not

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be (optative of as)

• त्यक्तजीवितः (tyaktajīvitaḥ) - one whose life is abandoned, one who has given up his life

Words meanings and morphology

मनःपरिगृहीताम् (manaḥparigṛhītām) - Sita, whom Rāvaṇa has illicitly seized in his mind (mentally seized, taken possession of in the mind, cherished in thought)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of manaḥparigṛhīta

manaḥparigṛhīta - mentally seized, cherished in thought

Compound type : tatpurusha (manas+parigṛhīta)

• manas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
• parigṛhīta – seized, taken, accepted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root grah with prefix pari and suffix -ita.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: grah (class 9)

ताम् (tām) - that (Sita) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

तव (tava) - your (Rāvaṇa's) (your, yours)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (personal pronoun)

रक्षोगणेश्वर (rakṣogaṇeśvara) - O Rāvaṇa, lord of the demons (O lord of the host of Rākṣasas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rakṣogaṇeśvara

rakṣogaṇeśvara - lord of the host of Rākṣasas

Compound type : tatpurusha (rakṣas+gaṇa+īśvara)

• rakṣas – Rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – host, multitude, troop
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, controller
  noun (masculine)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sita (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita, Janaki

अभिभाषेत (abhibhāṣeta) - would speak to, would address

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi liṅ) of abhibhāṣ

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who (relative pronoun)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be (optative of as)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

त्यक्तजीवितः (tyaktajīvitaḥ) - one whose life is abandoned, one who has given up his life

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tyaktajīvita

tyaktajīvita - one who has given up his life, one whose life is abandoned

Compound type : bahuvrihi (tyakta+jīvita)

• tyakta – abandoned, given up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root tyaj and suffix -ta.
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• jīvita – life, living
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

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