वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-12

एवमुक्ता समुत्पत्य सीता शशिनिभानना ।
प्रहर्षेणावरुद्धा सा व्याजहार न किं चन ॥१२॥

12. evamuktā samutpatya sītā śaśinibhānanā ,
praharṣeṇāvaruddhā sā vyājahāra na kiṃ cana.

12. evam uktā samutpatya sītā śaśinibhānanā
praharṣeṇa avaruddhā sā vyājahāra na kim cana

12. Thus addressed, Sītā, whose face resembled the moon, rose up. Overwhelmed by excessive joy, she could not utter anything.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• उक्ता (uktā) - Sītā, having been addressed. (spoken, addressed, said)

• समुत्पत्य (samutpatya) - having risen up, having sprung up, having flown up

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• शशिनिभानना (śaśinibhānanā) - Describes Sītā. (moon-faced, with a face like the moon)

• प्रहर्षेण (praharṣeṇa) - by great joy, with excessive delight

• अवरुद्धा (avaruddhā) - Sītā, overwhelmed by joy. (obstructed, choked, overwhelmed, hindered)

• सा (sā) - Refers to Sītā. (she, that (feminine))

• व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - spoke, uttered, said

• न (na) - not, no

• किम् (kim) - what, anything

• चन (cana) - even, also, indeed (used with interrogatives to form indefinites)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

उक्ता (uktā) - Sītā, having been addressed. (spoken, addressed, said)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From root √vac (to speak).

Root: √vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to Sītā.

समुत्पत्य (samutpatya) - having risen up, having sprung up, having flown up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root √pat (to fly, fall) with prefixes sam- and ut-.

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: √pat (class 1)

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (daughter of Janaka, wife of Rāma)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

शशिनिभानना (śaśinibhānanā) - Describes Sītā. (moon-faced, with a face like the moon)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śaśinibhānana

śaśinibhānana - moon-faced, having a face like the moon

Compound of śaśin (moon), nibha (like, resembling), and ānana (face).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śaśin+nibha+ānana)

• śaśin – moon
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar
  adjective (masculine)
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Attributes of Sītā.

प्रहर्षेण (praharṣeṇa) - by great joy, with excessive delight

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of praharṣa

praharṣa - great joy, intense delight, exultation

From root √hṛṣ (to be excited, glad) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: √hṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Cause of Sītā's speechlessness.

अवरुद्धा (avaruddhā) - Sītā, overwhelmed by joy. (obstructed, choked, overwhelmed, hindered)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of avaruddha

avaruddha - obstructed, stopped, besieged, restrained

Past Passive Participle

From root √rudh (to obstruct, stop) with prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: √rudh (class 7)

Note: Describes Sītā.

सा (sā) - Refers to Sītā. (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Feminine nominative singular of tad.

Note: Subject of 'vyājahāra'.

व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - spoke, uttered, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vi-ā-√hṛ

Perfect tense (liṭ), 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

From root √hṛ (to carry, seize) with prefixes vi- and ā-.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: √hṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates 'kiṃ cana'.

किम् (kim) - what, anything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who, whether, anything

Neuter nominative/accusative singular. Often used adverbially or with 'cana' to mean 'anything'.

Note: Used with 'cana' to form indefinite pronoun 'anything'.

चन (cana) - even, also, indeed (used with interrogatives to form indefinites)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

Note: Used with 'kim' to form 'anything'.

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