वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-55, verse-105

विकर्णनास इति मां नावज्ञातुं त्वमर्हसि ।
स्वल्पापि हि न मे पीडा कर्णनासाविनाशनात् ॥१०५॥

105. vikarṇanāsa iti māṃ nāvajñātuṃ tvamarhasi ,
svalpāpi hi na me pīḍā karṇanāsāvināśanāt.

105. vikarṇanāsa iti mām na avajñātum tvam arhasi
svalpā api hi na me pīḍā karṇanāsāvināśanāt

105. vikarṇanāsa iti tvam mām na avajñātum arhasi
hi karṇanāsāvināśanāt me svalpā api pīḍā na

105. O you who cut off ears and nose, you should not disrespect me. For truly, even a slight pain does not arise in me from the cutting off of ears and nose.

Words meanings summery:

• विकर्णनास (vikarṇanāsa) - O you who cut off ears and nose (referring to Lakṣmaṇa's act) (one whose ears and nose are cut off or mutilated)

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, that (introduces quoted speech or thought))

• माम् (mām) - me

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• अवज्ञातुम् (avajñātum) - to disrespect (to disrespect, to despise, to slight)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you are able, you ought, you deserve)

• स्वल्पा (svalpā) - even a slight (pain) (very little, tiny, insignificant)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover)

• हि (hi) - truly, for (indeed, surely, because, for)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• मे (me) - to me (my, to me, for me)

• पीडा (pīḍā) - pain (pain, distress, injury, torment)

• कर्णनासाविनाशनात् (karṇanāsāvināśanāt) - from the cutting off of ears and nose (from the destruction/cutting off of ears and nose)

Words meanings and morphology

विकर्णनास (vikarṇanāsa) - O you who cut off ears and nose (referring to Lakṣmaṇa's act) (one whose ears and nose are cut off or mutilated)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vikarṇanāsa

vikarṇanāsa - one whose ears and nose are cut off or mutilated

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+karṇa+nāsa)

• vi – without, separated, apart
  indeclinable
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)
• nāsa – nose
  noun (feminine)

Note: Addressed to Lakṣmaṇa.

इति (iti) - thus (thus, in this manner, that (introduces quoted speech or thought))

(indeclinable)

Note: Here functions to introduce the address to Lakṣmaṇa.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Direct object of 'avajñātum'.

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

अवज्ञातुम् (avajñātum) - to disrespect (to disrespect, to despise, to slight)

(verb)

active, infinitive of avajñā

Infinitive

Derived from verb root jñā (to know) with prefix ava-, suffix -tum

Prefix: ava

Root: jñā (class 9)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Subject of 'arhasi'.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you should (you are able, you ought, you deserve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present Indicative

Root arh, 1st class verb

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Often used with an infinitive to express obligation or fitness.

स्वल्पा (svalpā) - even a slight (pain) (very little, tiny, insignificant)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of svalpa

svalpa - very little, tiny, insignificant

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+alpa)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• alpa – little, small, few
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'pīḍā'.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - truly, for (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Experiencer of 'pīḍā'.

पीडा (pīḍā) - pain (pain, distress, injury, torment)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pīḍā

pīḍā - pain, distress, injury, torment

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'asti' (is).

कर्णनासाविनाशनात् (karṇanāsāvināśanāt) - from the cutting off of ears and nose (from the destruction/cutting off of ears and nose)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of karṇanāsāvināśana

karṇanāsāvināśana - destruction/cutting off of ears and nose

Compound type : dvandva (karṇa+nāsā+vināśana)

• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)
• nāsā – nose
  noun (feminine)
• vināśana – destruction, ruin, loss, cutting off
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root naś (to perish) with prefix vi- and suffix -ana
  Prefix: vi
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Denotes cause or source.