वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-56, verse-64

जानक्या परुषं वाक्यमेवमुक्तो दशाननः ।
जज्वाल सहसा कोपाच्चितास्थ इव पावकः ॥६४॥

64. jānakyā paruṣaṃ vākyamevamukto daśānanaḥ ,
jajvāla sahasā kopāccitāstha iva pāvakaḥ.

64. jānakyā paruṣam vākyam evam uktaḥ daśānanaḥ
jajvāla sahasā kopāt citāsthaḥ iva pāvakaḥ

64. jānakyā paruṣam vākyam evam uktaḥ daśānanaḥ
sahasā kopāt citāsthaḥ pāvakaḥ iva jajvāla

64. Having thus been addressed with harsh words by Janakī (Sītā), Daśānana (Rāvaṇa) suddenly blazed up with anger, like a fire on a funeral pyre.

Words meanings summery:

• जानक्या (jānakyā) - by Janakī, by Sītā

• परुषम् (paruṣam) - harsh, rough, severe

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, utterance

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

• दशाननः (daśānanaḥ) - ten-faced one, Rāvaṇa

• जज्वाल (jajvāla) - blazed, flared up

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcefully

• कोपात् (kopāt) - from anger, due to anger

• चितास्थः (citāsthaḥ) - situated on a funeral pyre, on a pyre

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

जानक्या (jānakyā) - by Janakī, by Sītā

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jānakī

jānakī - Janakī (a name for Sītā, daughter of Janaka)

परुषम् (paruṣam) - harsh, rough, severe

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paruṣa

paruṣa - harsh, rough, stern, cruel

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, word, utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

From vāc (speech)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root vac/bru

Root: vac (class 2)

दशाननः (daśānanaḥ) - ten-faced one, Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśānana

daśānana - having ten faces (a name for Rāvaṇa)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (daśan+ānana)

• daśan – ten
  numeral
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

जज्वाल (jajvāla) - blazed, flared up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of jval

Root: jval (class 1)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcefully

(indeclinable)

कोपात् (kopāt) - from anger, due to anger

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kopa

kopa - anger, wrath, fury

From root kup (to be agitated)

Root: kup (class 4)

चितास्थः (citāsthaḥ) - situated on a funeral pyre, on a pyre

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of citāstha

citāstha - situated on a funeral pyre

Compound type : tatpurusha (citā+stha)

• citā – funeral pyre, pile, heap
  noun (feminine)
• stha – standing, staying, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier, clean

From root pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

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