वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-115, verse-17

समीक्ष्य भरतो वाक्यमुवाच पवनात्मजम् ।
कच्चिन्न खलु कापेयी सेव्यते चलचित्तता ।
न हि पश्यामि काकुत्स्थं राममार्यं परंतपम् ॥१७॥

17. samīkṣya bharato vākyamuvāca pavanātmajam ,
kaccinna khalu kāpeyī sevyate calacittatā ,
na hi paśyāmi kākutsthaṃ rāmamāryaṃ paraṃtapam.

17. samīkṣya bharataḥ vākyam uvāca
pavanātmajam kaccit na khalu kāpeyī
sevyate calacittatā na hi paśyāmi
kākutstham rāmam āryam paraṃtapam

17. bharataḥ samīkṣya pavanātmajam
vākyam uvāca kaccit na khalu kāpeyī
calacittatā sevyate hi na paśyāmi
kākutstham āryam paraṃtapam rāmam

17. Bharata, upon seeing (Hanuman), said to the son of Pavana: "I hope that no monkey-like fickleness (calacittatā) is involved here? For I do not see the noble Rama, the descendant of Kakutstha and tormentor of enemies."

Words meanings summery:

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having examined, having observed

• भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata (name)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पवनात्मजम् (pavanātmajam) - to Hanuman (to the son of Pavana)

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope not (interrogative particle expressing apprehension)

• न (na) - not, no

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly, surely

• कापेयी (kāpeyī) - monkey-like, related to a monkey

• सेव्यते (sevyate) - is indulged in (is served, is resorted to, is followed)

• चलचित्तता (calacittatā) - fickleness, instability of mind, wavering mind

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - because, for, indeed

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - Rama, descendant of Kakutstha (descendant of Kakutstha)

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

• आर्यम् (āryam) - noble (Rama) (noble, respectable)

• परंतपम् (paraṁtapam) - tormentor of enemies (Rama) (scorcher of foes, tormentor of enemies)

Words meanings and morphology

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having examined, having observed

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from sam-√īkṣ + ya

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

भरतः (bharataḥ) - Bharata (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of Rama's brother)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

from √vac + ya

Root: vac (class 2)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

पवनात्मजम् (pavanātmajam) - to Hanuman (to the son of Pavana)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pavanātmaja

pavanātmaja - son of Pavana (wind-god)

Compound type : tatpurusha (pavana+ātmaja)

• pavana – wind, air, wind-god
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pū (class 1)
• ātmaja – son, offspring (born of self)
  noun (masculine)
  from ātman + √jan + ḍa
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to Hanuman

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope not (interrogative particle expressing apprehension)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

कापेयी (kāpeyī) - monkey-like, related to a monkey

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāpeyī

kāpeyī - monkey-like, belonging to a monkey; also a female monkey

from kapi + ḍhī (feminine suffix)

सेव्यते (sevyate) - is indulged in (is served, is resorted to, is followed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of sev

Root: sev (class 1)

चलचित्तता (calacittatā) - fickleness, instability of mind, wavering mind

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of calacittatā

calacittatā - fickleness, instability of mind, restlessness

from calacitta + tā (abstract suffix)

Compound type : tatpurusha (cala+citta)

• cala – moving, trembling, unsteady, fickle
  adjective (masculine)
  from √cal + a
  Root: cal (class 1)
• citta – mind, thought, intelligence
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from √cit)
  from √cit + kta
  Root: cit (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - because, for, indeed

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

काकुत्स्थम् (kākutstham) - Rama, descendant of Kakutstha (descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an ancient king, ancestor of Rama)

from Kakutstha + aṇ

Note: Epithet for Rama

रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a king of Ayodhya, son of Daśaratha)

आर्यम् (āryam) - noble (Rama) (noble, respectable)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, respectable, honorable, excellent

Note: Modifies 'rāmam'

परंतपम् (paraṁtapam) - tormentor of enemies (Rama) (scorcher of foes, tormentor of enemies)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paraṃtapa

paraṁtapa - scorcher of foes, tormentor of enemies, oppressor of enemies

from param (enemy) + tapa (scorching)

Compound type : tatpurusha (para+tapa)

• para – other, hostile, enemy
  adjective (masculine)
• tapa – burning, tormenting, heat
  noun (masculine)
  from √tap + a
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Epithet for Rama

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