वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-12, verse-11

कन्यापितृत्वं दुःखं हि नराणां मानकाङ्क्षिणाम् ।
कन्या हि द्वे कुले नित्यं संशये स्थाप्य तिष्ठति ॥११॥

11. kanyāpitṛtvaṃ duḥkhaṃ hi narāṇāṃ mānakāṅkṣiṇām ,
kanyā hi dve kule nityaṃ saṃśaye sthāpya tiṣṭhati.

11. kanyāpitṛtvam duḥkham hi narāṇām mānakāṅkṣiṇām
kanyā hi dve kule nityam saṃśaye sthāpya tiṣṭhati

11. mānakāṅkṣiṇām narāṇām kanyāpitṛtvam duḥkham hi
kanyā hi nityam dve kule saṃśaye sthāpya tiṣṭhati

11. For men who desire honor, being a daughter's father is indeed a sorrow. A daughter always keeps two families in a state of uncertainty.

Words meanings summery:

• कन्यापितृत्वम् (kanyāpitṛtvam) - being a daughter's father (the state of being a daughter's father, daughter-fatherhood)

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow (sorrow, pain, suffering, misery)

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

• नराणाम् (narāṇām) - for men (of men, for men)

• मानकाङ्क्षिणाम् (mānakāṅkṣiṇām) - for those desiring honor (of those desiring honor, for those desiring respect)

• कन्या (kanyā) - daughter (daughter, girl, maiden)

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

• द्वे (dve) - two

• कुले (kule) - families (families, houses, lineages)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

• संशये (saṁśaye) - in uncertainty (in doubt, in uncertainty, in dilemma)

• स्थाप्य (sthāpya) - having placed (having placed, having established, having caused to stand)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - she remains (she stands, she remains, she exists)

Words meanings and morphology

कन्यापितृत्वम् (kanyāpitṛtvam) - being a daughter's father (the state of being a daughter's father, daughter-fatherhood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kanyāpitṛtva

kanyāpitṛtva - daughter-fatherhood, the state of being a daughter's father

derived from kanyā-pitṛ + tva (suffix for state of being)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kanyā+pitṛ+tva)

• kanyā – daughter, girl, maiden
  noun (feminine)
• pitṛ – father, parent
  noun (masculine)
• tva – suffix denoting abstract quality or state
  suffix (neuter)
  abstract noun suffix

Note: Subject of the sentence

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - sorrow (sorrow, pain, suffering, misery)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, suffering, misery, unhappiness

Note: Predicate nominative

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

(indeclinable)

particle

नराणाम् (narāṇām) - for men (of men, for men)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Root: nṛ

Note: Qualifies mānakāṅkṣiṇām

मानकाङ्क्षिणाम् (mānakāṅkṣiṇām) - for those desiring honor (of those desiring honor, for those desiring respect)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mānakāṅkṣin

mānakāṅkṣin - desiring honor, wishing for respect

compound of māna (honor) and ākāṅkṣin (desiring)

Compound type : tatpurusha (māna+ākāṅkṣin)

• māna – honor, respect, pride, esteem
  noun (masculine)
  Root: man (class 4)
• ākāṅkṣin – desiring, wishing for, aspiring to
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  from ā-kāṅkṣ (to desire) + in suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kāṅkṣ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies narāṇām

कन्या (kanyā) - daughter (daughter, girl, maiden)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - daughter, girl, maiden, virgin

Note: Subject of the second clause

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

(indeclinable)

particle

द्वे (dve) - two

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with kule

कुले (kule) - families (families, houses, lineages)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of kula

kula - family, house, lineage, race

Note: Object of implied verb (to place) or related to sthāpya

नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

adverbial accusative of nitya

Note: Adverbial usage

संशये (saṁśaye) - in uncertainty (in doubt, in uncertainty, in dilemma)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, dilemma, suspicion

from sam + śī (to lie, rest) + a (suffix)

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Indicates state or condition

स्थाप्य (sthāpya) - having placed (having placed, having established, having caused to stand)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from causative root sthā + lyap (absolutive suffix)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Causative gerund

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - she remains (she stands, she remains, she exists)

(verb)

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

present active

root sthā (class 1) in present tense, third person singular, active voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Verb for kanyā