वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-51, verse-22

श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं क्रूरमात्मापहरणोपमम् ।
वैदेही शोकसंतप्ता हुताशनमुपागमत् ॥२२॥

22. śrutvā tadvacanaṃ krūramātmāpaharaṇopamam ,
vaidehī śokasaṃtaptā hutāśanamupāgamat.

22. śrutvā tat vacanam krūram ātmapaharaṇopamam
vaidehī śokasaṃtaptā hutāśanam upāgamat

22. vaidehī śokasaṃtaptā tat krūram ātmapaharaṇopamam
vacanam śrutvā hutāśanam upāgamat

22. Hearing those cruel words, which were comparable to her own abduction, Sītā (vaidehī), tormented by grief, approached the fire.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• तत् (tat) - that

• वचनम् (vacanam) - the words spoken by the demonesses (word, speech, utterance)

• क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruel, fierce, harsh

• आत्मपहरणोपमम् (ātmapaharaṇopamam) - resembling the abduction of oneself, like one's own capture

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā (princess of Videha)

• शोकसंतप्ता (śokasaṁtaptā) - tormented by sorrow, burning with grief

• हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - to the fire

• उपागमत् (upāgamat) - she approached

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From root `śru` (to hear) + `ktvā`

Root: śru (class 5)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to `vacanam`.

वचनम् (vacanam) - the words spoken by the demonesses (word, speech, utterance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, utterance

From root `vac` (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of `śrutvā`.

क्रूरम् (krūram) - cruel, fierce, harsh

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of krūra

krūra - cruel, fierce, harsh, dreadful

Root: krur (class 1)

आत्मपहरणोपमम् (ātmapaharaṇopamam) - resembling the abduction of oneself, like one's own capture

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ātmapaharaṇopama

ātmapaharaṇopama - resembling the abduction of oneself

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+apaharaṇa+upama)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• apaharaṇa – abduction, carrying away, theft
  noun (neuter)
  From `apa` + root `hṛ` (to carry)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• upama – likeness, comparison, resembling
  adjective/noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies `vacanam`.

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā (princess of Videha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha, Sītā

Feminine patronymic from `videha` (the country)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

शोकसंतप्ता (śokasaṁtaptā) - tormented by sorrow, burning with grief

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śokasaṃtapta

śokasaṁtapta - tormented by sorrow, afflicted with grief

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+saṃtapta)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• saṃtapta – tormented, afflicted, heated
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `sam` + root `tap` (to heat, suffer) + `kta`
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `vaidehī`.

हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - to the fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire (lit. 'eater of oblations')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered (as oblation)
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `hu` (to offer) + `kta`
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, eater
  noun (neuter)
  From root `aś` (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Object of `upāgamat`.

उपागमत् (upāgamat) - she approached

(verb)

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

imperfect active

From `upa` + `ā` + root `gam` (to go)

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

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