वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-5, verse-18

कदा नु राक्षसेन्द्रस्य निधायोरसि सायकान् ।
सीतां प्रत्याहरिष्यामि शोकमुत्सृज्य मानसं ॥१८॥

18. kadā nu rākṣasendrasya nidhāyorasi sāyakān ,
sītāṃ pratyāhariṣyāmi śokamutsṛjya mānasaṃ.

18. kadā nu rākṣasendrasya nidhāya urasi sāyakān
sītām pratyāhariṣyāmi śokam utsṛjya mānasam

18. kadā nu rākṣasendrasya urasi sāyakān nidhāya
sītām pratyāhariṣyāmi mānasam śokam utsṛjya

18. When, indeed, will I pierce the chest of the king of rākṣasas with arrows, retrieve Sītā, and abandon this mental anguish?

Words meanings summery:

• कदा (kadā) - when?

• नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, certainly, therefore)

• राक्षसेन्द्रस्य (rākṣasendrasya) - of the king of rākṣasas (Rāvaṇa) (of the king of rākṣasas, of the lord of demons)

• निधाय (nidhāya) - having fixed, having pierced (having placed, having fixed, having deposited)

• उरसि (urasi) - in the chest (in the chest, on the breast)

• सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā, the wife of Rāma (Sītā)

• प्रत्याहरिष्यामि (pratyāhariṣyāmi) - I will retrieve (Sītā) (I will bring back, I will retrieve)

• शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow, anguish (sorrow, grief, anguish)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having cast off (having abandoned, having given up, having discarded)

• मानसम् (mānasam) - mental (sorrow) (mental, pertaining to the mind, emotional)

Words meanings and morphology

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed (indeed, now, certainly, therefore)

(indeclinable)

राक्षसेन्द्रस्य (rākṣasendrasya) - of the king of rākṣasas (Rāvaṇa) (of the king of rākṣasas, of the lord of demons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - king of rākṣasas, lord of demons

compound of rākṣasa and indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – a demon, a rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, king; name of a deity
  noun (masculine)

निधाय (nidhāya) - having fixed, having pierced (having placed, having fixed, having deposited)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive of ni-dhā

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: formed with suffix -tvā / -ya

उरसि (urasi) - in the chest (in the chest, on the breast)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of uras

uras - chest, breast

सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow

from √si, to bind/shoot

Root: si (class 4)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā, the wife of Rāma (Sītā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Janaka's daughter and Rāma's wife)

प्रत्याहरिष्यामि (pratyāhariṣyāmi) - I will retrieve (Sītā) (I will bring back, I will retrieve)

(verb)

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

future active verb form

future tense, 1st person singular, active voice

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

शोकम् (śokam) - sorrow, anguish (sorrow, grief, anguish)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - sorrow, grief, anguish

from √śuc (to grieve)

Root: śuc (class 1)

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having cast off (having abandoned, having given up, having discarded)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive of ut-sṛj

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

मानसम् (mānasam) - mental (sorrow) (mental, pertaining to the mind, emotional)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mānasa

mānasa - mental, pertaining to the mind; mind, heart

from manas (mind)

Note: agrees with śokam

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