वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-69, verse-20

त्यक्त्वा प्राणान् विचेष्टन्तो राम प्रियचिकीर्षवः ।
यन्निमित्तं हि युध्यामो हता सा जनकात्मजा ॥२०॥

20. tyaktvā prāṇān viceṣṭanto rāma priyacikīrṣavaḥ ,
yannimittaṃ hi yudhyāmo hatā sā janakātmajā.

20. tyaktvā prāṇān viceṣṭantaḥ rāma priyacikīrṣavaḥ
yat nimittam hi yudhyāmaḥ hatā sā janakātmajā

20. "O Rāma, we are struggling and giving up our lives, desiring to do what is pleasing to you. But Sītā, Janaka's daughter, for whose sake we are indeed fighting, has been slain!"

Words meanings summery:

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, breaths, vital airs

• विचेष्टन्तः (viceṣṭantaḥ) - struggling, making efforts, exerting oneself

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• प्रियचिकीर्षवः (priyacikīrṣavaḥ) - Wishing to please Rāma (desiring to do what is pleasing, wishing to do good)

• यत् (yat) - for which, on account of which

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - reason, cause, on account of

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• युध्यामः (yudhyāmaḥ) - we fight, we are fighting

• हता (hatā) - killed, slain

• सा (sā) - referring to Sītā (she)

• जनकात्मजा (janakātmajā) - Sītā, daughter of King Janaka (Janaka's daughter)

Words meanings and morphology

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with suffix -ktvā

Root: tyaj (class 1)

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, breaths, vital airs

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

विचेष्टन्तः (viceṣṭantaḥ) - struggling, making efforts, exerting oneself

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viceṣṭat

viceṣṭat - struggling, exerting oneself, striving

present active participle

present participle of the verb vi-ceṣṭ

Prefix: vi

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a principal deity of Hinduism, the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)

प्रियचिकीर्षवः (priyacikīrṣavaḥ) - Wishing to please Rāma (desiring to do what is pleasing, wishing to do good)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of priyacikīrṣu

priyacikīrṣu - desirous of doing what is pleasing/dear, wishing to do good

desiderative noun/adjective

formed from priya (dear) + cikīrṣu (desiderative of kṛ, to do)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (priya+cikīrṣu)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable
  adjective
• cikīrṣu – desirous of doing, intending to do
  adjective (masculine)
  desiderative
  desiderative stem of root kṛ + u suffix
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - for which, on account of which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for which reason'

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - reason, cause, on account of

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - a cause, a reason, a motive, an occasion

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for the sake of, on account of'

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

युध्यामः (yudhyāmaḥ) - we fight, we are fighting

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of yudh

present tense form, middle voice

present 1st person plural, middle voice (laṭ)

Root: yudh (class 4)

हता (hatā) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

past passive participle

past participle of the root han

Root: han (class 2)

सा (sā) - referring to Sītā (she)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

जनकात्मजा (janakātmajā) - Sītā, daughter of King Janaka (Janaka's daughter)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janakātmajā

janakātmajā - daughter of Janaka

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka (the king of Videha, father of Sītā)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter (literally, 'born of oneself')
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jan

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