वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-9, verse-15

एतन्निमित्तं वैदेही भयं नः सुमहद्भवेत् ।
आहृता सा परित्याज्या कलहार्थे कृते न किम् ॥१५॥

15. etannimittaṃ vaidehī bhayaṃ naḥ sumahadbhavet ,
āhṛtā sā parityājyā kalahārthe kṛte na kim.

15. etat nimittam vaidehī bhayam naḥ sumahat bhavet
āhṛtā sā parityājyā kalaha-arthe kṛte na kim

15. etat nimittam naḥ sumahat bhayam vaidehī bhavet
sā āhṛtā parityājyā kalaha-arthe kṛte na kim

15. Due to Vaidehi, great fear may arise for us. She, having been abducted, should be abandoned. Why not, since a quarrel has already been initiated [because of her]?

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this, this fact, this matter

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - reason, cause, motive, sign

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita, wife of Rama (Vaidehi (Sita, daughter of Videha))

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread, danger

• नः (naḥ) - for us, to us, our, us (plural pronoun)

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, immense

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, might happen, could happen

• आहृता (āhṛtā) - Sita, having been abducted (abducted, brought, taken)

• सा (sā) - Vaidehi (Sita) (she, that (feminine pronoun))

• परित्याज्या (parityājyā) - should be abandoned, to be given up, to be relinquished

• कलह-अर्थे (kalaha-arthe) - for the sake of quarrel, for the purpose of conflict

• कृते (kṛte) - when a quarrel for her sake has been initiated (for the sake of, because of, having been done, caused)

• न (na) - not, no

• किम् (kim) - what, why, whether, (interrogative particle)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this, this fact, this matter

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that, such

Note: Combines with 'nimittam' to form 'etannimittam'.

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - reason, cause, motive, sign

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, motive, sign, omen

Note: Used adverbially with 'etat' as 'etannimittam' meaning 'on this account'.

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita, wife of Rama (Vaidehi (Sita, daughter of Videha))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Sita, princess of Videha

Derived from Videha (name of a kingdom/king Janaka)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread, danger

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger, terror

Root: √bhī (class 3)

नः (naḥ) - for us, to us, our, us (plural pronoun)

(pronoun)

plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Note: Here used in the dative sense 'for us'.

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, immense

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, immense, enormous

Compound of 'su' (good, very) and 'mahat' (great)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, important, mighty
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'bhayam'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be, should be, might happen, could happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of √bhū

Optative

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: √bhū (class 1)

आहृता (āhṛtā) - Sita, having been abducted (abducted, brought, taken)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ā-hṛta

ā-hṛta - brought, fetched, seized, abducted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √hṛ with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: √hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sā'.

सा (sā) - Vaidehi (Sita) (she, that (feminine pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Refers to Vaidehi.

परित्याज्या (parityājyā) - should be abandoned, to be given up, to be relinquished

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pari-tyājya

pari-tyājya - to be abandoned, to be given up, to be relinquished

Gerundive

Derived from root √tyaj with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: √tyaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sā'.

कलह-अर्थे (kalaha-arthe) - for the sake of quarrel, for the purpose of conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kalaha-artha

kalaha-artha - purpose of quarrel, cause of dispute

Compound type : tatpurusha (kalaha+artha)

• kalaha – quarrel, dispute, strife, contention
  noun (masculine)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)

कृते (kṛte) - when a quarrel for her sake has been initiated (for the sake of, because of, having been done, caused)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, caused, performed, for the sake of

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √kṛ

Root: √kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used in a locative absolute construction with kalaha-arthe.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what, why, whether, (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

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