वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-39, verse-9

विवत्सां वेपमानां च क्रोशन्तीं कुररीमिव ।
कथमाश्वासयिष्यामि यदि यास्यामि तं विना ॥९॥

9. vivatsāṃ vepamānāṃ ca krośantīṃ kurarīmiva ,
kathamāśvāsayiṣyāmi yadi yāsyāmi taṃ vinā.

9. vivatsām vepamānām ca krośantīm kurarīm iva
katham āśvāsayiṣyāmi yadi yāsyāmi tam vinā

9. yadi tam vinā yāsyāmi (tām) vivatsām vepamānām
ca kurarīm iva krośantīm katham āśvāsayiṣyāmi

9. How shall I console her, who will be trembling and crying out like an osprey separated from its young, if I go without him?

Words meanings summery:

• विवत्साम् (vivatsām) - (metaphorically) deprived of her son (deprived of her young/calf)

• वेपमानाम् (vepamānām) - trembling, quivering

• च (ca) - and

• क्रोशन्तीम् (krośantīm) - crying out, lamenting

• कुररीम् (kurarīm) - osprey, female curlew

• इव (iva) - like, as

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• आश्वासयिष्यामि (āśvāsayiṣyāmi) - I will console, I will comfort

• यदि (yadi) - if

• यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will go

• तम् (tam) - Lakṣmaṇa (him)

• विना (vinā) - without

Words meanings and morphology

विवत्साम् (vivatsām) - (metaphorically) deprived of her son (deprived of her young/calf)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vivatsā

vivatsā - deprived of her calf/young, having lost her young

vi (without) + vatsa (calf/young) + ā (feminine suffix)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+vatsa)

• vi – without, apart, away
  indeclinable
• vatsa – calf, offspring, young one
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'Sumitrām' from previous verse

वेपमानाम् (vepamānām) - trembling, quivering

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vepamāna

vepamāna - trembling, shaking, quivering

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root 'vep' (to tremble) with Śānac suffix

Root: vep (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'Sumitrām'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

क्रोशन्तीम् (krośantīm) - crying out, lamenting

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of krośantī

krośantī - crying out, screaming, lamenting

Present Active Participle (Parasmaipada)

Derived from root 'kruś' (to cry out) with śatṛ suffix

Root: kruś (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'Sumitrām'

कुररीम् (kurarīm) - osprey, female curlew

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kurarī

kurarī - osprey, female curlew, a bird known for its plaintive cries

Note: used in a simile

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

आश्वासयिष्यामि (āśvāsayiṣyāmi) - I will console, I will comfort

(verb)

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

Future tense, 1st person singular, Parasmaipada. Causative of root śvas.

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will go

(verb)

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

Future tense, 1st person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: yā (class 2)

तम् (tam) - Lakṣmaṇa (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, him

Note: refers to Lakṣmaṇa

विना (vinā) - without

(indeclinable)