वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-38, verse-20

नाहं शोचामि भर्तारं निहतं न च लक्ष्मणम् ।
नात्मानं जननी चापि यथा श्वश्रूं तपस्विनीम् ॥२०॥

20. nāhaṃ śocāmi bhartāraṃ nihataṃ na ca lakṣmaṇam ,
nātmānaṃ jananī cāpi yathā śvaśrūṃ tapasvinīm.

20. na ahaṃ śocāmi bhartāraṃ nihataṃ na ca lakṣmaṇam
na ātmānaṃ jananī ca api yathā śvaśrūṃ tapasvinīm

20. I grieve neither for my slain husband, nor for Lakṣmaṇa, nor for myself, nor even for my mother, as much as I do for my pitiable mother-in-law.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I

• शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve, I lament

• भर्तारं (bhartāraṁ) - husband, master, supporter

• निहतं (nihataṁ) - slain, killed, struck down

• न (na) - not, nor

• च (ca) - and, also

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa

• न (na) - not, nor

• आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - myself, my self (ātman)

• जननी (jananī) - nor my mother (whom I grieve for) (mother)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - even, also

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

• श्वश्रूं (śvaśrūṁ) - mother-in-law

• तपस्विनीम् (tapasvinīm) - pitiable, suffering, ascetic (feminine)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहं (ahaṁ) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

शोचामि (śocāmi) - I grieve, I lament

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of śuc

Present, Active Voice, 1st Person, Singular

From root `śuc` (to grieve).

Root: śuc (class 1)

भर्तारं (bhartāraṁ) - husband, master, supporter

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, master, supporter, maintainer

निहतं (nihataṁ) - slain, killed, struck down

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - struck down, killed, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root `han` (to strike, kill) with prefix `ni`.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (proper name)

न (na) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

आत्मानं (ātmānaṁ) - myself, my self (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, ego (ātman)

जननी (jananī) - nor my mother (whom I grieve for) (mother)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jananī

jananī - mother

Note: Though in nominative case, it functions as an object of 'śocāmi' here, implying an accusative meaning in context for the translation.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

श्वश्रूं (śvaśrūṁ) - mother-in-law

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śvaśrū

śvaśrū - mother-in-law

तपस्विनीम् (tapasvinīm) - pitiable, suffering, ascetic (feminine)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tapasvinī

tapasvinī - ascetic woman, devout woman, pitiable woman, unfortunate woman

Feminine form of `tapasvin` (one who performs tapas).