वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-40, verse-14

जलक्लिन्नेन हस्तेन तयोर्नेत्रे प्रमृज्य च ।
शोकसंपीडितमना रुरोद विललाप च ॥१४॥

14. jalaklinnena hastena tayornetre pramṛjya ca ,
śokasaṃpīḍitamanā ruroda vilalāpa ca.

14. jala-klinnena hastena tayoḥ netre pramṛjya
ca śoka-saṃpīḍita-manāḥ ruroda vilalāpa ca

14. ca jala-klinnena hastena tayoḥ netre pramṛjya
śoka-saṃpīḍita-manāḥ (saḥ) ruroda ca vilalāpa

14. And having wiped their eyes with a hand moistened with water, his mind afflicted by sorrow (śoka), he wept and lamented.

Words meanings summery:

• जल-क्लिन्नेन (jala-klinnena) - by a hand moistened with water (by water-moistened, by wet)

• हस्तेन (hastena) - by (his) hand (by hand)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (of them (dual), both of them)

• नेत्रे (netre) - their eyes (eyes (dual))

• प्रमृज्य (pramṛjya) - having wiped (having wiped, having cleaned)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शोक-संपीडित-मनाः (śoka-saṁpīḍita-manāḥ) - his mind afflicted by sorrow (śoka) (whose mind is afflicted by sorrow, sorrow-stricken)

• रुरोद (ruroda) - he wept

• विललाप (vilalāpa) - he lamented (he lamented, he wailed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

जल-क्लिन्नेन (jala-klinnena) - by a hand moistened with water (by water-moistened, by wet)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jalaklinna

jalaklinna - moistened with water, wet

Compound adjective

Compound type : instrumental tatpurusha (jala+klinna)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• klinna – wet, moistened, soaked
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from klid (to be wet) + kta (passive participle suffix)
  Root: klid (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'hastena'.

हस्तेन (hastena) - by (his) hand (by hand)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand, trunk (of elephant)

Note: Instrument of wiping.

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two (Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) (of them (dual), both of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, possessive for 'netre'.

नेत्रे (netre) - their eyes (eyes (dual))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of netra

netra - eye, leader

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Object of 'pramṛjya'.

प्रमृज्य (pramṛjya) - having wiped (having wiped, having cleaned)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from pra-mṛj (to wipe) + lyap (absolutive suffix for prefixed verbs)

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verbs.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'pramṛjya' with the subsequent actions.

शोक-संपीडित-मनाः (śoka-saṁpīḍita-manāḥ) - his mind afflicted by sorrow (śoka) (whose mind is afflicted by sorrow, sorrow-stricken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śokasaṃpīḍitamana

śokasaṁpīḍitamana - whose mind is afflicted by sorrow, sorrow-stricken

Compound adjective

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śoka+saṃpīḍita+manas)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• saṃpīḍita – afflicted, tormented, pressed, oppressed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from sam-pīḍ (to press, afflict) + kta (passive participle suffix)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)
• manas – mind, intellect, heart, spirit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective for the implied subject Vibhīṣaṇa.

रुरोद (ruroda) - he wept

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of rud

Perfect tense (liṭ), 3rd person singular

Root: rud (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

विललाप (vilalāpa) - he lamented (he lamented, he wailed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vilap

Perfect tense (liṭ), 3rd person singular

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

Note: Main verb, coordinated with 'ruroda'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'ruroda' and 'vilalāpa'.

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