वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-56, verse-136

दग्ध्वा लङ्कां पुनश्चैव शङ्का मामभ्यवर्तत ।
दहता च मया लङ्कां दग्धा सीता न संशयः ॥१३६॥

136. dagdhvā laṅkāṃ punaścaiva śaṅkā māmabhyavartata ,
dahatā ca mayā laṅkāṃ dagdhā sītā na saṃśayaḥ.

136. dagdhvā laṅkām punaḥ ca eva śaṅkā mām abhi-avartata
dahatā ca mayā laṅkām dagdhā sītā na saṃśayaḥ

136. laṅkām dagdhvā punaḥ ca eva śaṅkā mām abhi-avartata
mayā dahatā ca laṅkām sītā dagdhā na saṃśayaḥ

136. After burning Laṅkā, a doubt again assailed me: 'Surely Sītā must have been burnt by me while I was burning Laṅkā; there is no doubt about it.'

Words meanings summery:

• दग्ध्वा (dagdhvā) - having burnt, after burning

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā (city name)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• शङ्का (śaṅkā) - doubt, apprehension, fear

• माम् (mām) - me

• अभि-अवर्तत (abhi-avartata) - assailed, approached, came upon

• दहता (dahatā) - by me, while burning (Laṅkā) (by the burning (one))

• च (ca) - and, also

• मया (mayā) - by me

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā (city name)

• दग्धा (dagdhā) - Sītā was burnt (burnt, consumed)

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā (proper noun)

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

दग्ध्वा (dagdhvā) - having burnt, after burning

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root dah- (to burn) with ktvā suffix.

Root: dah (class 1)

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā (city name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (the name of the capital city of Rāvaṇa)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

शङ्का (śaṅkā) - doubt, apprehension, fear

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śaṅkā

śaṅkā - doubt, apprehension, fear, suspicion

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our

अभि-अवर्तत (abhi-avartata) - assailed, approached, came upon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Prefix: abhi

Root: vṛt (class 1)

दहता (dahatā) - by me, while burning (Laṅkā) (by the burning (one))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dahat

dahat - burning, consuming

Present Active Participle

Present active participle from root dah- (to burn).

Root: dah (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - Laṅkā (city name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (the name of the capital city of Rāvaṇa)

दग्धा (dagdhā) - Sītā was burnt (burnt, consumed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dagdhā

dagdhā - burnt, consumed, inflamed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle from root dah- (to burn).

Root: dah (class 1)

सीता (sītā) - Sītā (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Rāma's wife, daughter of Janaka)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, suspicion

Prefix: sam

Root: śi (class 1)

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