वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-18, verse-15

माहेश्वरमिदं सत्रमसमाप्तं कुलं दहेत् ।
दीक्षितस्य कुतो युद्धं क्रूरत्वं दीक्षिते कुतः ॥१५॥

15. māheśvaramidaṃ satramasamāptaṃ kulaṃ dahet ,
dīkṣitasya kuto yuddhaṃ krūratvaṃ dīkṣite kutaḥ.

15. māheśvaram idam satram asamāptam kulam dahet
dīkṣitasya kutaḥ yuddham krūratvam dīkṣite kutaḥ

15. idam māheśvaram satram asamāptam [sat] kulam dahet.
dīkṣitasya yuddham kutaḥ? dīkṣite krūratvam kutaḥ?

15. This Vedic ritual (sattram) dedicated to Maheśvara, if left incomplete, would destroy your lineage. How can there be battle for one who has been consecrated? And from where would cruelty arise in one who has been consecrated?

Words meanings summery:

• माहेश्वरम् (māheśvaram) - dedicated to Maheśvara (relating to Maheśvara (Śiva), belonging to Maheśvara)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• सत्रम् (satram) - Vedic ritual (sattram) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, session, assembly)

• असमाप्तम् (asamāptam) - left incomplete (unfinished, incomplete, uncompleted)

• कुलम् (kulam) - your lineage (family, lineage, race, house)

• दहेत् (dahet) - would destroy (would burn, might burn, should burn)

• दीक्षितस्य (dīkṣitasya) - of one who has been consecrated (of one who is consecrated/initiated)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - how, from where (whence, from where, how, why)

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle (battle, fighting, war)

• क्रूरत्वम् (krūratvam) - cruelty (cruelty, harshness, ferocity)

• दीक्षिते (dīkṣite) - in one who has been consecrated (in one who is consecrated/initiated)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how (whence, from where, how, why)

Words meanings and morphology

माहेश्वरम् (māheśvaram) - dedicated to Maheśvara (relating to Maheśvara (Śiva), belonging to Maheśvara)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māheśvara

māheśvara - belonging to Maheśvara (Śiva), Śiva's

Derived from Maheśvara.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Demonstrative pronoun.

सत्रम् (satram) - Vedic ritual (sattram) (Vedic ritual, sacrifice, session, assembly)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sattra

sattra - Vedic ritual, long sacrificial session, assembly, session

From root sad (to sit) + tra.

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'dahet'

असमाप्तम् (asamāptam) - left incomplete (unfinished, incomplete, uncompleted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asamāpta

asamāpta - unfinished, incomplete, uncompleted

Negative compound (Nañ Tatpurusha) of samāpta.

Compound type : Nañ Tatpurusha (a+samāpta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• samāpta – finished, completed, concluded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root āp with prefix sam, suffix -kta.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: āp (class 5)

कुलम् (kulam) - your lineage (family, lineage, race, house)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, race, house, tribe

Note: Object of 'dahet'

दहेत् (dahet) - would destroy (would burn, might burn, should burn)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of dah

Optative Mode

3rd person singular, Optative Mood, Parasmaipada.

Root: dah (class 1)

दीक्षितस्य (dīkṣitasya) - of one who has been consecrated (of one who is consecrated/initiated)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dīkṣita

dīkṣita - consecrated, initiated, engaged in a Vedic ritual

Past Passive Participle

From root dīkṣ (to consecrate, initiate) with suffix -kta.

Root: dīkṣ (class 1)

Note: Acts like a noun here

कुतः (kutaḥ) - how, from where (whence, from where, how, why)

(indeclinable)

From kim, used adverbially.

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle (battle, fighting, war)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fighting, war

From root yudh (to fight) with suffix -ta.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'bhavati' (is)

क्रूरत्वम् (krūratvam) - cruelty (cruelty, harshness, ferocity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of krūratva

krūratva - cruelty, harshness, ferocity, fierceness

Abstract noun formed from krūra (cruel) with suffix -tva.

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'bhavati'

दीक्षिते (dīkṣite) - in one who has been consecrated (in one who is consecrated/initiated)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dīkṣita

dīkṣita - consecrated, initiated, engaged in a Vedic ritual

Past Passive Participle

From root dīkṣ (to consecrate, initiate) with suffix -kta.

Root: dīkṣ (class 1)

Note: Acts like a noun here

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, how (whence, from where, how, why)

(indeclinable)

From kim, used adverbially.

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