वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-80, verse-29

स पुत्रवधसंतप्तः शूरः क्रोधवशं गतः ।
समीक्ष्य रावणो बुद्ध्या सीतां हन्तुं व्यवस्यत ॥२९॥

29. sa putravadhasaṃtaptaḥ śūraḥ krodhavaśaṃ gataḥ ,
samīkṣya rāvaṇo buddhyā sītāṃ hantuṃ vyavasyata.

29. saḥ putravadhasaṃtaptaḥ śūraḥ krodhavaśam gataḥ
samīkṣya rāvaṇaḥ buddhyā sītām hantum vyavasyata

29. saḥ putravadhasaṃtaptaḥ śūraḥ krodhavaśam gataḥ
rāvaṇaḥ buddhyā samīkṣya sītām hantum vyavasyata

29. Tormented by the death of his son, that valiant Rāvaṇa, overcome by anger, after contemplating the situation with his intellect (buddhi), resolved to kill Sītā.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - He (Rāvaṇa) (he, that)

• पुत्रवधसंतप्तः (putravadhasaṁtaptaḥ) - tormented by the slaying of his son

• शूरः (śūraḥ) - valiant, brave, heroic

• क्रोधवशम् (krodhavaśam) - the sway of anger, control of wrath

• गतः (gataḥ) - having gone into, overcome by (gone, attained, reached)

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - after contemplating (having seen, having observed, having considered)

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with his intellect (by intellect, with understanding)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill, to slay

• व्यवस्यत (vyavasyata) - he resolved, he determined, he undertook

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - He (Rāvaṇa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇa.

पुत्रवधसंतप्तः (putravadhasaṁtaptaḥ) - tormented by the slaying of his son

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putravadhasaṃtapta

putravadhasaṁtapta - tormented by the killing of a son

Tatpuruṣa compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+vadha+saṃtapta)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• vadha – killing, slaying, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'han'
  Root: han (class 2)
• saṃtapta – tormented, afflicted, distressed, heated
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root 'tap' (to heat, to torment) with prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Rāvaṇaḥ.

शूरः (śūraḥ) - valiant, brave, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - valiant, brave, hero, warrior

Note: Agrees with Rāvaṇaḥ.

क्रोधवशम् (krodhavaśam) - the sway of anger, control of wrath

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krodhavaśa

krodhavaśa - sway of anger, control of wrath

Tatpuruṣa compound (krodhasya vaśaḥ)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krodha+vaśa)

• krodha – anger, wrath, rage
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'krudh' (to be angry).
  Root: krudh (class 4)
• vaśa – sway, control, power, will
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'gataḥ'.

गतः (gataḥ) - having gone into, overcome by (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, reached, obtained, past

Past Passive Participle

From root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - after contemplating (having seen, having observed, having considered)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'īkṣ' (to see) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Gerund, indicating an action completed before the main verb.

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (proper name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - with his intellect (by intellect, with understanding)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind

From root 'budh' (to know, to awaken).

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Instrument for the act of resolving/contemplating.

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (proper name, wife of Rāma)

Note: Object of 'hantum'.

हन्तुम् (hantum) - to kill, to slay

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root 'han'.

Root: han (class 2)

व्यवस्यत (vyavasyata) - he resolved, he determined, he undertook

(verb)

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

From root 'so' (to destroy, to end) with prefixes 'vi' and 'ava'.

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

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