वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-23, verse-9

प्रथमं मरणं नार्या भर्तुर्वैगुण्यमुच्यते ।
सुवृत्तः साधुवृत्तायाः संवृत्तस्त्वं ममाग्रतः ॥९॥

9. prathamaṃ maraṇaṃ nāryā bharturvaiguṇyamucyate ,
suvṛttaḥ sādhuvṛttāyāḥ saṃvṛttastvaṃ mamāgrataḥ.

9. prathamam maraṇam nāryāḥ bhartuḥ vaiguṇyam ucyate
suvṛttaḥ sādhuvṛttāyāḥ saṃvṛttaḥ tvam mama agrataḥ

9. nāryāḥ prathamam maraṇam bhartuḥ vaiguṇyam ucyate.
tvam suvṛttaḥ,
sādhuvṛttāyāḥ mama agrataḥ saṃvṛttaḥ.

9. It is said that for a woman, the demise of her husband is her primary death. And you, the virtuous one, have passed away before my very eyes, me being a woman of virtue.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - the initial, most significant (first, primary)

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - the state of dying or loss (death, dying)

• नार्याः (nāryāḥ) - referring to any woman (of a woman)

• भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of one's husband (Rama) (of the husband, of the supporter)

• वैगुण्यम् (vaiguṇyam) - the unfortunate state of being lost or deceased (defect, imperfection, decline, loss)

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is traditionally understood or proclaimed (is said, is called, is declared)

• सुवृत्तः (suvṛttaḥ) - Rama, known for his exemplary character (well-behaved, virtuous, of good conduct)

• साधुवृत्तायाः (sādhuvṛttāyāḥ) - of me, Sita, who is known for virtue (of a virtuous woman, of a well-behaved woman)

• संवृत्तः (saṁvṛttaḥ) - you have died, you have passed away (happened, become, finished, died)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you, Rama (you)

• मम (mama) - belonging to me (Sita) (my, of me)

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - before me, while I am still alive (in front of, before, in the presence of)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - the initial, most significant (first, primary)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, primary

मरणम् (maraṇam) - the state of dying or loss (death, dying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, demise

from root mṛ- (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of 'ucyate'.

नार्याः (nāryāḥ) - referring to any woman (of a woman)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of nārī

nārī - woman, wife, female

Note: Possessive, "of a woman".

भर्तुः (bhartuḥ) - of one's husband (Rama) (of the husband, of the supporter)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, master, lord

agent noun

from root bhṛ- (to bear, support) + -tṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Possessive, "of the husband".

वैगुण्यम् (vaiguṇyam) - the unfortunate state of being lost or deceased (defect, imperfection, decline, loss)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaiguṇya

vaiguṇya - defect, fault, imperfection, decline, absence of qualities

derived from viguṇa (devoid of good qualities)

Note: Predicate noun to maraṇam.

उच्यते (ucyate) - is traditionally understood or proclaimed (is said, is called, is declared)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

present tense (passive voice)

3rd person singular passive of root vac- (often replaced by ucyate in passive)

Root: vac (class 2)

सुवृत्तः (suvṛttaḥ) - Rama, known for his exemplary character (well-behaved, virtuous, of good conduct)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suvṛtta

suvṛtta - well-behaved, virtuous, good, well-rounded

Past Passive Participle (secondary sense as adjective)

from root vṛt- (to be, exist) with prefix su- (good)

Prefix: su

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies "tvam".

साधुवृत्तायाः (sādhuvṛttāyāḥ) - of me, Sita, who is known for virtue (of a virtuous woman, of a well-behaved woman)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of sādhuvṛttā

sādhuvṛttā - virtuous woman, woman of good conduct

tatpuruṣa compound: sādhu (good) + vṛtta (conduct)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sādhu+vṛtta)

• sādhu – good, virtuous, righteous
  adjective (masculine)
• vṛtta – conduct, course of action, behavior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Pertains to "me" (Sita), for whom this has happened.

संवृत्तः (saṁvṛttaḥ) - you have died, you have passed away (happened, become, finished, died)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃvṛtta

saṁvṛtta - happened, become, completed, died, ceased

past passive participle

from root vṛt- (to be, exist) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for "tvam".

त्वम् (tvam) - you, Rama (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

pronominal stem

Note: Subject of the second clause.

मम (mama) - belonging to me (Sita) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

pronominal stem

Note: Possessive, "my".

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - before me, while I am still alive (in front of, before, in the presence of)

(indeclinable)

from agra (front) with suffix -tas (indicating place/direction)