वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-98, verse-7

ताः पतिं सहसा दृष्ट्वा शयानं रणपांसुषु ।
निपेतुस्तस्य गात्रेषु छिन्ना वनलता इव ॥७॥

7. tāḥ patiṃ sahasā dṛṣṭvā śayānaṃ raṇapāṃsuṣu ,
nipetustasya gātreṣu chinnā vanalatā iva.

7. tāḥ patim sahasā dṛṣṭvā śayānam raṇapāṃsuṣu
nipetuḥ tasya gātreṣu chinnāḥ vanalatāḥ iva

7. tāḥ sahasā raṇapāṃsuṣu śayānam patim dṛṣṭvā
chinnāḥ vanalatāḥ iva tasya gātreṣu nipetuḥ

7. Upon suddenly seeing their husband lying in the dust of the battlefield, they fell upon his body, just like cut-down forest creepers.

Words meanings summery:

• ताः (tāḥ) - those women/wives (they, those)

• पतिम् (patim) - husband, lord, master

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcefully, quickly

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• शयानम् (śayānam) - lying dead on the battlefield (lying, resting, sleeping)

• रणपांसुषु (raṇapāṁsuṣu) - in the dust of battle, on the battlefield dust

• निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down, they prostrated

• तस्य (tasya) - of her husband (his, its, of that)

• गात्रेषु (gātreṣu) - on the limbs, on the body

• छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - cut down (like a creeper) (cut, severed, broken)

• वनलताः (vanalatāḥ) - forest creeper, wild vine

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

ताः (tāḥ) - those women/wives (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

पतिम् (patim) - husband, lord, master

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - husband, lord, master, owner

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcefully, quickly

(indeclinable)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शयानम् (śayānam) - lying dead on the battlefield (lying, resting, sleeping)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śayana

śayana - lying, resting, sleeping

present middle participle

from root śī + śānac

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: modifies 'patim'

रणपांसुषु (raṇapāṁsuṣu) - in the dust of battle, on the battlefield dust

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of raṇapāṃsu

raṇapāṁsu - dust of battle, battlefield dust

Compound type : tatpurusha (raṇa+pāṃsu)

• raṇa – battle, combat, war
  noun (masculine)
• pāṃsu – dust, sand, earth
  noun (masculine)

निपेतुः (nipetuḥ) - they fell down, they prostrated

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of her husband (his, its, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

गात्रेषु (gātreṣu) - on the limbs, on the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body, member

छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - cut down (like a creeper) (cut, severed, broken)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, broken, divided

past passive participle

from root chid + kta

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: modifies 'vanalatāḥ'

वनलताः (vanalatāḥ) - forest creeper, wild vine

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vanalatā

vanalatā - forest creeper, wild vine

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+latā)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• latā – creeper, vine, plant
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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