वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-2, verse-2

किं त्वं संतप्यसे वीर यथान्यः प्राकृतस्तथा ।
मैवं भूस्त्यज संतापं कृतघ्न इव सौहृदम् ॥२॥

2. kiṃ tvaṃ saṃtapyase vīra yathānyaḥ prākṛtastathā ,
maivaṃ bhūstyaja saṃtāpaṃ kṛtaghna iva sauhṛdam.

2. kim tvam saṃtapyase vīra yathā anyaḥ prākṛtaḥ tathā
mā evam bhūḥ tyaja saṃtāpam kṛtaghnaḥ iva sauhṛdam

2. vīra kim tvam yathā anyaḥ prākṛtaḥ tathā saṃtapyase
mā evam bhūḥ saṃtāpam tyaja kṛtaghnaḥ iva sauhṛdam

2. Why do you torment yourself, O hero, like any common person would? Do not be like this; abandon your distress, just as an ungrateful person abandons friendship.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why?

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• संतप्यसे (saṁtapyase) - you grieve, you torment yourself

• वीर (vīra) - vocative address to Rāma (O hero!)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, any other

• प्राकृतः (prākṛtaḥ) - an ordinary, common person (ordinary, common, vulgar)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

• मा (mā) - used for prohibition with an aorist verb (do not)

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

• भूः (bhūḥ) - prohibitive imperative 'do not be' (be! (do not be))

• त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up

• संतापम् (saṁtāpam) - distress, affliction, grief

• कृतघ्नः (kṛtaghnaḥ) - ungrateful person

• इव (iva) - like, as

• सौहृदम् (sauhṛdam) - friendship, goodwill

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why?

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

संतप्यसे (saṁtapyase) - you grieve, you torment yourself

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of saṃtap

Root √tap (to heat, suffer) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: tap (class 4)

वीर (vīra) - vocative address to Rāma (O hero!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, any other

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

प्राकृतः (prākṛtaḥ) - an ordinary, common person (ordinary, common, vulgar)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prākṛta

prākṛta - natural, original, ordinary, common, vulgar

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - used for prohibition with an aorist verb (do not)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

भूः (bhūḥ) - prohibitive imperative 'do not be' (be! (do not be))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist imperative (luṅ) of bhū

Second person singular aorist (luṅ) form, used with mā for prohibition.

Root: bhū (class 1)

त्यज (tyaja) - abandon, give up

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of tyaj

Second person singular imperative form of the root √tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

संतापम् (saṁtāpam) - distress, affliction, grief

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃtāpa

saṁtāpa - heat, burning, pain, distress, anguish, grief

कृतघ्नः (kṛtaghnaḥ) - ungrateful person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtaghna

kṛtaghna - ungrateful, one who destroys kindness or benefits

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṛta+ghna)

• kṛta – done, made, performed; a deed, act
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle from the root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ghna – killer, destroyer, striking
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from the root √han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

सौहृदम् (sauhṛdam) - friendship, goodwill

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sauhṛda

sauhṛda - friendship, goodwill, affection, kindness

Previous Verse Next Verse