वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-5, verse-22

आश्वासितो लक्ष्मणेन रामः संध्यामुपासत ।
स्मरन् कमलपत्राक्षीं सीतां शोकाकुलीकृतः ॥२२॥

22. āśvāsito lakṣmaṇena rāmaḥ saṃdhyāmupāsata ,
smaran kamalapatrākṣīṃ sītāṃ śokākulīkṛtaḥ.

22. āśvāsitaḥ lakṣmaṇena rāmaḥ sandhyām upāsata
smaran kamalapattrākṣīm sītām śokākulīkṛtaḥ

22. lakṣmaṇena āśvāsitaḥ śokākulīkṛtaḥ rāmaḥ
kamalapattrākṣīm sītām smaran sandhyām upāsata

22. Comforted by Lakṣmaṇa, Rāma performed his evening prayers. Remembering Sītā, whose eyes were like lotus petals, he was overcome with grief.

Words meanings summery:

• आश्वासितः (āśvāsitaḥ) - comforted, consoled, reassured

• लक्ष्मणेन (lakṣmaṇena) - by Lakṣmaṇa

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

• सन्ध्याम् (sandhyām) - evening twilight; evening prayer/worship

• उपासत (upāsata) - he performed (his evening prayers) (he performed; he worshipped; he attended upon)

• स्मरन् (smaran) - remembering, recollecting

• कमलपत्त्राक्षीम् (kamalapattrākṣīm) - whose eyes are like lotus petals

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• शोकाकुलीकृतः (śokākulīkṛtaḥ) - overwhelmed by grief, distressed by sorrow

Words meanings and morphology

आश्वासितः (āśvāsitaḥ) - comforted, consoled, reassured

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśvāsita

āśvāsita - comforted, consoled, reassured

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root śvas (to breathe) with the prefix ā, meaning 'to cause to breathe freely', hence 'to comfort'.

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

लक्ष्मणेन (lakṣmaṇena) - by Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (name of Rāma's younger brother)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (the seventh avatar of Vishnu)

सन्ध्याम् (sandhyām) - evening twilight; evening prayer/worship

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sandhyā

sandhyā - juncture (of day and night), twilight; specific religious rites performed at these junctures

From sam + dhā + ya(ṭ)

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

उपासत (upāsata) - he performed (his evening prayers) (he performed; he worshipped; he attended upon)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of upās

Prefix: upa

Root: ās (class 2)

स्मरन् (smaran) - remembering, recollecting

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smarant

smarant - remembering

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root smṛ (to remember).

Root: smṛ (class 1)

कमलपत्त्राक्षीम् (kamalapattrākṣīm) - whose eyes are like lotus petals

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kamalapattrākṣī

kamalapattrākṣī - lotus-petal-eyed (epithet for women with beautiful eyes)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kamala+pattra+akṣī)

• kamala – lotus, lotus flower
  noun (neuter)
• pattra – leaf, petal
  noun (neuter)
• akṣī – eye
  noun (feminine)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (wife of Rāma, daughter of Janaka)

शोकाकुलीकृतः (śokākulīkṛtaḥ) - overwhelmed by grief, distressed by sorrow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śokākulīkṛta

śokākulīkṛta - made agitated or overwhelmed by grief

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+ākulīkṛta)

• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• ākulīkṛta – made agitated, thrown into confusion, overwhelmed
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From ākula (agitated) + kṛta (made/done). The 'ī' is a cvi suffix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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