वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-17, verse-13

ततो मे जननी दीना तच्छरीरं पितुर्मम ।
परिष्वज्य महाभागा प्रविष्टा दहनं सह ॥१३॥

13. tato me jananī dīnā taccharīraṃ piturmama ,
pariṣvajya mahābhāgā praviṣṭā dahanaṃ saha.

13. tataḥ me jananī dīnā tat śarīram pituḥ mama
pariṣvajya mahābhāgā praviṣṭā dahanam saha

13. tataḥ me dīnā mahābhāgā jananī mama pituḥ
tat śarīram pariṣvajya saha dahanam praviṣṭā

13. Then my distressed mother, the highly virtuous one, having embraced the body of my father, entered the pyre with him.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from there, therefore)

• मे (me) - my, of me

• जननी (jananī) - mother

• दीना (dīnā) - distressed, miserable, wretched

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the father's body) (that)

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced

• महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - highly virtuous (referring to the mother) (greatly fortunate, highly virtuous, illustrious)

• प्रविष्टा (praviṣṭā) - entered

• दहनम् (dahanam) - the funeral pyre (burning, pyre, fire)

• सह (saha) - with (her husband's body) (with, together with)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from there, therefore)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

जननी (jananī) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jananī

jananī - mother, generatrix

From root √jan (to be born, produce)

Root: jan (class 4)

दीना (dīnā) - distressed, miserable, wretched

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dīna

dīna - distressed, miserable, wretched, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

From root √dai (to be miserable)

Root: dai (class 1)

Note: Qualifies mother.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the father's body) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies `śarīram`.

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal form

Note: Object of 'embracing'.

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Possessive of `śarīram`.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Possessive of `pituḥ`.

परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root √svaj (to embrace) with prefix pari. The 'ya' ending is typical for absolutives with prefixes.

Prefix: pari

Root: svaj (class 1)

Note: Action performed by the mother.

महाभागा (mahābhāgā) - highly virtuous (referring to the mother) (greatly fortunate, highly virtuous, illustrious)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - greatly fortunate, highly virtuous, illustrious, of noble destiny

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bhāga – share, fortune, destiny, lot
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies mother.

प्रविष्टा (praviṣṭā) - entered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, gone into

Past Passive Participle

From root √viś (to enter) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Implies the verb 'she entered'.

दहनम् (dahanam) - the funeral pyre (burning, pyre, fire)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dahana

dahana - burning, fire, pyre

From root √dah (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Object of 'entered'.

सह (saha) - with (her husband's body) (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.