वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-5, verse-20

कदा शोकमिमं घोरं मैथिली विप्रयोगजम् ।
सहसा विप्रमोक्ष्यामि वासः शुक्लेतरं यथा ॥२०॥

20. kadā śokamimaṃ ghoraṃ maithilī viprayogajam ,
sahasā vipramokṣyāmi vāsaḥ śukletaraṃ yathā.

20. kadā śokam imam ghoram maithilī viprayogajam
sahasā vipramokṣyāmi vāsaḥ śukletaram yathā

20. kadā sahasā maithilī viprayogajam imam ghoram
śokam yathā śukletaram vāsaḥ vipramokṣyāmi

20. When will I suddenly cast off this terrible grief, born of separation from Maithilī, just as one discards a soiled garment?

Words meanings summery:

• कदा (kadā) - when?

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

• इमम् (imam) - this (sorrow) (this)

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible (grief) (terrible, dreadful, fearful)

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Sītā (a woman from Mithilā, daughter of Janaka, Sītā)

• विप्रयोगजम् (viprayogajam) - born of separation (from Maithilī) (born of separation, caused by separation)

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, quickly, forcibly)

• विप्रमोक्ष्यामि (vipramokṣyāmi) - I will cast off (I will release, I will cast off, I will throw away)

• वासः (vāsaḥ) - garment (garment, cloth, apparel)

• शुक्लेतरम् (śukletaram) - soiled (garment) (other than white, dark, soiled)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

कदा (kadā) - when?

(indeclinable)

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)

इमम् (imam) - this (sorrow) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: agrees with śokam (masculine)

घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible (grief) (terrible, dreadful, fearful)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fearful

Note: agrees with śokam

मैथिली (maithilī) - Sītā (a woman from Mithilā, daughter of Janaka, Sītā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman from Mithilā, daughter of Janaka (Sītā)

from Mithilā, region ruled by Janaka

Note: Implies 'from Maithilī' when combined with 'viprayogajam'

विप्रयोगजम् (viprayogajam) - born of separation (from Maithilī) (born of separation, caused by separation)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viprayogaja

viprayogaja - born of separation, caused by separation

compound of viprayoga and ja

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (viprayoga+ja)

• viprayoga – separation, disjunction
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-pra-yuj
  Prefixes: vi+pra
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  from √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: agrees with śokam

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, quickly, forcibly)

(indeclinable)

विप्रमोक्ष्यामि (vipramokṣyāmi) - I will cast off (I will release, I will cast off, I will throw away)

(verb)

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

future active verb form

future tense, 1st person singular, active voice

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: muc (class 6)

वासः (vāsaḥ) - garment (garment, cloth, apparel)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāsas

vāsas - garment, cloth, apparel

शुक्लेतरम् (śukletaram) - soiled (garment) (other than white, dark, soiled)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śukletara

śukletara - other than white, dark, soiled

compound of śukla and itara

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śukla+itara)

• śukla – white, bright, pure
  adjective (masculine)
• itara – other, different
  adjective (masculine)

Note: agrees with vāsaḥ

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

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