वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-5, verse-7

तन्मे दहति गात्राणि विषं पीतमिवाशये ।
हा नाथेति प्रिया सा मां ह्रियमाणा यदब्रवीत् ॥७॥

7. tanme dahati gātrāṇi viṣaṃ pītamivāśaye ,
hā nātheti priyā sā māṃ hriyamāṇā yadabravīt.

7. tat me dahati gātrāṇi viṣam pītam iva āśaye hā
nātha iti priyā sā mām hriyamāṇā yat abravīt

7. That [separation] burns my body as if I had drunk poison within. Alas, when my beloved was being carried away, she cried out to me, 'O my lord!'

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the suffering of separation) (that, it, this)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

• दहति (dahati) - burns (burns, consumes)

• गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - my body (limbs, parts of the body, body)

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison (poison, venom)

• पीतम् (pītam) - drunk (poison) (drunk, consumed)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

• आशये (āśaye) - within, in the heart/being (in the abode, in the mind, in the heart, in the stomach)

• हा (hā) - alas! (alas! ah! (exclamation of sorrow))

• नाथ (nātha) - O my lord! (lord, master, protector)

• इति (iti) - marks the preceding as direct speech (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech))

• प्रिया (priyā) - my beloved (beloved, dear one (feminine))

• सा (sā) - she (the beloved) (she, that (feminine nominative singular))

• माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative singular))

• ह्रियमाणा (hriyamāṇā) - being carried away, being abducted (being carried away, being abducted (feminine nominative singular))

• यत् (yat) - when (introducing a temporal clause) (that which, when, because)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she spoke, cried out (he/she/it spoke, said)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the suffering of separation) (that, it, this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this (demonstrative pronoun)

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

दहति (dahati) - burns (burns, consumes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dah

Present Active Third Person Singular

From root dah (1st conjugation, bhū group).

Root: dah (class 1)

गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - my body (limbs, parts of the body, body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body, member

Note: Could also be nominative, but accusative fits the verb 'burns'.

विषम् (viṣam) - poison (poison, venom)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom, bane

पीतम् (pītam) - drunk (poison) (drunk, consumed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pā

pā - to drink, to swallow

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root pā (to drink).

Root: pā (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

आशये (āśaye) - within, in the heart/being (in the abode, in the mind, in the heart, in the stomach)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśaya

āśaya - abode, receptacle, intention, mind, heart, stomach, inner feeling

From prefix ā- and root śī (to lie, to rest).

Prefix: ā

Root: śī (class 2)

हा (hā) - alas! (alas! ah! (exclamation of sorrow))

(indeclinable)

नाथ (nātha) - O my lord! (lord, master, protector)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nātha

nātha - lord, master, protector, husband

इति (iti) - marks the preceding as direct speech (thus, so, in this manner (marks direct speech))

(indeclinable)

प्रिया (priyā) - my beloved (beloved, dear one (feminine))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of priyā

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing

सा (sā) - she (the beloved) (she, that (feminine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it (demonstrative pronoun)

माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

ह्रियमाणा (hriyamāṇā) - being carried away, being abducted (being carried away, being abducted (feminine nominative singular))

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hṛ

hṛ - to carry, to seize, to abduct

Present Passive Participle

Formed from root hṛ (1st/3rd conjugation, bhū/juhotyādi group) in passive voice, with māna suffix.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Functions adjectivally to describe 'priyā' (beloved).

यत् (yat) - when (introducing a temporal clause) (that which, when, because)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she spoke, cried out (he/she/it spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of brū

Imperfect Active Third Person Singular

From root brū (2nd conjugation, ad group). a- augment denotes past tense. The ending 'īt' is characteristic of the aorist (luṅ).

Root: brū (class 2)

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