वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-89, verse-5

लज्जतीव हि मे वीर्यं भ्रश्यतीव कराद्धनुः ।
सायका व्यवसीदन्ति दृष्टिर्बाष्पवशं गता ।
चिन्ता मे वर्धते तीव्रा मुमूर्षा चोपजायते ॥५॥

5. lajjatīva hi me vīryaṃ bhraśyatīva karāddhanuḥ ,
sāyakā vyavasīdanti dṛṣṭirbāṣpavaśaṃ gatā ,
cintā me vardhate tīvrā mumūrṣā copajāyate.

5. lajjati iva hi me vīryam bhraśyati
iva karāt dhanuḥ sāyakāḥ vyavasīdanti
dṛṣṭiḥ bāṣpavaśam gatā cintā me
vardhate tīvrā mumūrṣā ca upajāyate

5. hi me vīryam lajjati iva,
karāt dhanuḥ bhraśyati iva.
sāyakāḥ vyavasīdanti.
dṛṣṭiḥ bāṣpavaśam gatā.
me tīvrā cintā vardhate,
ca mumūrṣā upajāyate.

5. Indeed, my valor seems to be ashamed, and my bow appears to slip from my hand. My arrows are failing, and my vision is clouded by tears. An intense anxiety (cintā) grows within me, and a desire to die (mumūrṣā) arises.

Words meanings summery:

• लज्जति (lajjati) - seems to be ashamed, shrinks back (is ashamed, blushes, shrinks)

• इव (iva) - as if, seems to be (like, as if, as it were, seems)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, for, because)

• मे (me) - my (possessive) (to me, my, for me)

• वीर्यम् (vīryam) - my valor, heroism (valor, strength, energy, heroism)

• भ्रश्यति (bhraśyati) - slips, falls (falls, drops, perishes, deviates)

• इव (iva) - as if, seems to be (like, as if, as it were, seems)

• करात् (karāt) - from my hand (from the hand, from the ray)

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - (my) bow (bow)

• सायकाः (sāyakāḥ) - (my) arrows (arrows, missiles)

• व्यवसीदन्ति (vyavasīdanti) - are failing, losing efficacy (are disheartened, cease, fail, become weak)

• दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - (my) sight, vision (sight, vision, eye)

• बाष्पवशम् (bāṣpavaśam) - overcome by tears, under the sway of tears (state of being under the control of tears, tear-control)

• गता (gatā) - become, reached (the state of being overcome by tears) (gone, reached, attained)

• चिन्ता (cintā) - intense anxiety (thought, anxiety, worry, consideration)

• मे (me) - my (possessive) (to me, my, for me)

• वर्धते (vardhate) - increases, grows (increases, grows, prospers)

• तीव्रा (tīvrā) - intense (anxiety) (intense, sharp, violent, severe)

• मुमूर्षा (mumūrṣā) - desire to die

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• उपजायते (upajāyate) - arises, comes into being (arises, is born, appears, happens)

Words meanings and morphology

लज्जति (lajjati) - seems to be ashamed, shrinks back (is ashamed, blushes, shrinks)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Root lajj, Class 1, Parasmaipada

Root: lajj (class 1)

Note: Used with iva to indicate 'seems to be'.

इव (iva) - as if, seems to be (like, as if, as it were, seems)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

मे (me) - my (possessive) (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Alternative form for mama (genitive singular of asmad).

वीर्यम् (vīryam) - my valor, heroism (valor, strength, energy, heroism)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vīrya

vīrya - valor, strength, energy, heroism

भ्रश्यति (bhraśyati) - slips, falls (falls, drops, perishes, deviates)

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

Root bhraś, Class 1, Parasmaipada

Root: bhraś (class 1)

Note: Used with iva to indicate 'seems to slip'.

इव (iva) - as if, seems to be (like, as if, as it were, seems)

(indeclinable)

करात् (karāt) - from my hand (from the hand, from the ray)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - (my) bow (bow)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc

सायकाः (sāyakāḥ) - (my) arrows (arrows, missiles)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow, missile

व्यवसीदन्ति (vyavasīdanti) - are failing, losing efficacy (are disheartened, cease, fail, become weak)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vyavasīd

Present Active Indicative

From vi-ava-sad (to sit down, sink)

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Refers to the arrows losing their potency.

दृष्टिः (dṛṣṭiḥ) - (my) sight, vision (sight, vision, eye)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dṛṣṭi

dṛṣṭi - sight, vision, eye, view

From root dṛś- 'to see'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

बाष्पवशम् (bāṣpavaśam) - overcome by tears, under the sway of tears (state of being under the control of tears, tear-control)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāṣpavaśa

bāṣpavaśa - sway of tears, control of tears

Compound of bāṣpa (tears) and vaśa (sway, control)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṣpa+vaśa)

• bāṣpa – tears, vapor
  noun (masculine)
• vaśa – will, power, control, sway
  noun (masculine)

Note: Here meaning 'into the state of being controlled by tears'.

गता (gatā) - become, reached (the state of being overcome by tears) (gone, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, moved, reached, attained, become

Past Passive Participle

From root gam- 'to go'

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with dṛṣṭiḥ.

चिन्ता (cintā) - intense anxiety (thought, anxiety, worry, consideration)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cintā

cintā - thought, anxiety, worry, consideration

From root cit- 'to think'

Root: cit (class 10)

मे (me) - my (possessive) (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Alternative form for mama (genitive singular of asmad).

वर्धते (vardhate) - increases, grows (increases, grows, prospers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛdh

Present Middle Indicative

Root vṛdh, Class 1, Atmanepada

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

तीव्रा (tīvrā) - intense (anxiety) (intense, sharp, violent, severe)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tīvra

tīvra - intense, sharp, violent, severe, keen

Note: Agrees with cintā.

मुमूर्षा (mumūrṣā) - desire to die

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mumūrṣā

mumūrṣā - desire to die, dying desire

Desiderative noun

From root mṛ- 'to die', desiderative stem mumūrṣ-

Root: mṛ (class 6)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

उपजायते (upajāyate) - arises, comes into being (arises, is born, appears, happens)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upajan

Present Middle Indicative

From upa-jan (to be born, arise), Class 4, Atmanepada

Prefix: upa

Root: jan (class 4)