वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-39, verse-8

किं नु वक्ष्यामि कौसल्यां मातरं किं नु कैकयीम् ।
कथमम्बां सुमित्रांच पुत्रदर्शनलालसाम् ॥८॥

8. kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi kausalyāṃ mātaraṃ kiṃ nu kaikayīm ,
kathamambāṃ sumitrāṃca putradarśanalālasām.

8. kim nu vakṣyāmi kausalyām mātaram kim nu kaikeyīm
katham ambām sumitrām ca putradarśanalālasām

8. kausalyām mātaram kim nu vakṣyāmi kim nu kaikeyīm
putradarśanalālasām ambām sumitrām ca katham

8. What indeed shall I say to mother Kausalya, and what indeed to Kaikeyi? How shall I address mother Sumitra, who is longing to see her son?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?

• नु (nu) - indeed, now

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will say

• कौसल्याम् (kausalyām) - to Kausalya

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• किम् (kim) - what?

• नु (nu) - indeed, now

• कैकेयीम् (kaikeyīm) - to Kaikeyi

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• अम्बाम् (ambām) - mother

• सुमित्राम् (sumitrām) - to Sumitra

• च (ca) - and

• पुत्रदर्शनलालसाम् (putradarśanalālasām) - longing to see her son

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, how?

नु (nu) - indeed, now

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will say

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future tense, 1st person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

कौसल्याम् (kausalyām) - to Kausalya

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kausalyā

kausalyā - Kausalya (name of Rama's mother)

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, why?, how?

नु (nu) - indeed, now

(indeclinable)

कैकेयीम् (kaikeyīm) - to Kaikeyi

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (name of Bharata's mother)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

अम्बाम् (ambām) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ambā

ambā - mother

सुमित्राम् (sumitrām) - to Sumitra

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sumitrā

sumitrā - Sumitra (name of Lakshmana's mother)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पुत्रदर्शनलालसाम् (putradarśanalālasām) - longing to see her son

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of putradarśanalālasā

putradarśanalālasā - longing to see one's son

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+darśana+lālasā)

• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• darśana – seeing, sight, vision
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  Derived from root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• lālasā – longing, desire, eagerness
  noun (feminine)

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