वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-74, verse-22

एते दोषा मम भ्रातुर्जीवितैश्वर्यनाशनाः ।
गुणान्प्रच्छादयामासुः पर्वतानिव तोयदाः ॥२२॥

22. ete doṣā mama bhrāturjīvitaiśvaryanāśanāḥ ,
guṇānpracchādayāmāsuḥ parvatāniva toyadāḥ.

22. ete doṣāḥ mama bhrātuḥ jīvitaiśvaryanāśanāḥ
guṇān pracchādayāmāsuḥ parvatān iva toyadāḥ

22. ete doṣāḥ mama bhrātuḥ jīvitaiśvaryanāśanāḥ
guṇān pracchādayāmāsuḥ toyadāḥ parvatān iva

22. These faults, which destroy my brother's life and sovereignty, obscured his virtues, just as clouds cover mountains.

Words meanings summery:

• एते (ete) - these

• दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults; defects; vices

• मम (mama) - my; of me

• भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

• जीवितैश्वर्यनाशनाः (jīvitaiśvaryanāśanāḥ) - destroying life and sovereignty; ruinous to life and power

• गुणान् (guṇān) - virtues; qualities; merits

• प्रच्छादयामासुः (pracchādayāmāsuḥ) - they covered; they obscured; they concealed

• पर्वतान् (parvatān) - mountains

• इव (iva) - like; as; as if

• तोयदाः (toyadāḥ) - clouds (lit. 'water-givers')

Words meanings and morphology

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this; these

दोषाः (doṣāḥ) - faults; defects; vices

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault; defect; vice

Root: duṣ (class 4)

मम (mama) - my; of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I; me

भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

जीवितैश्वर्यनाशनाः (jīvitaiśvaryanāśanāḥ) - destroying life and sovereignty; ruinous to life and power

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīvitaiśvaryanāśana

jīvitaiśvaryanāśana - destroying life and sovereignty; ruinous to life and power

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvita+aiśvarya+nāśana)

• jīvita – life; living; livelihood
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
  from root jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• aiśvarya – sovereignty; power; wealth; dominion
  noun (neuter)
  derived from īśvara (lord)
  Root: īś (class 2)
• nāśana – destroying; ruinous; causing loss
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  from root naś (to perish) in causative form nāśaya
  Root: naś (class 4)

गुणान् (guṇān) - virtues; qualities; merits

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - virtue; quality; merit; string

प्रच्छादयामासुः (pracchādayāmāsuḥ) - they covered; they obscured; they concealed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pracchādayāṃcakruḥ

Perfect Active

Periphrastic Perfect, from causative of root chad (1st class) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: chad (class 1)

पर्वतान् (parvatān) - mountains

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of parvata

parvata - mountain; hill

इव (iva) - like; as; as if

(indeclinable)

तोयदाः (toyadāḥ) - clouds (lit. 'water-givers')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of toyada

toyada - cloud (lit. 'water-giver')

Compound type : tatpurusha (toya+da)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tu (class 2)
• da – giver; bestower
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix -da from root dā
  agent noun suffix -da from root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

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