वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-22, verse-29

दर्शनादेव यः प्राणान्प्राणिनामुपरुध्यति ।
किं पुनस्ताडनाद्वापि पीडनाद्वापि देहिनः ॥२९॥

29. darśanādeva yaḥ prāṇānprāṇināmuparudhyati ,
kiṃ punastāḍanādvāpi pīḍanādvāpi dehinaḥ.

29. darśanāt eva yaḥ prāṇān prāṇinām uparudhyati
kim punaḥ tāḍanāt vā api pīḍanāt vā api dehinaḥ

29. yaḥ darśanāt eva prāṇinām prāṇān uparudhyati;
kim punaḥ dehinaḥ tāḍanāt vā api pīḍanāt vā api

29. This weapon, merely by its sight, stops the vital breath (prāṇa) of living beings. How much more so then by striking or tormenting an embodied being (dehin)?

Words meanings summery:

• दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from seeing, by sight, by mere vision

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

• यः (yaḥ) - which (referring to the kāladaṇḍa/mudgara) (which, who)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital breaths, life-forces

• प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings

• उपरुध्यति (uparudhyati) - obstructs, stops, suppresses

• किम् (kim) - used idiomatically with 'punaḥ' to mean 'how much more' (what, how much more)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - used idiomatically with 'kim' to mean 'how much more' (again, moreover, how much more)

• ताडनात् (tāḍanāt) - from striking, by beating

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - even, also

• पीडनात् (pīḍanāt) - from tormenting, by torturing

• वा (vā) - or, either

• अपि (api) - even, also

• देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - of an embodied being, of a living creature

Words meanings and morphology

दर्शनात् (darśanāt) - from seeing, by sight, by mere vision

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, sight, vision, doctrine

From root DṚŚ 'to see'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, merely

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - which (referring to the kāladaṇḍa/mudgara) (which, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the kāladaṇḍa/mudgara

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - vital breaths, life-forces

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

From pra-AN 'to breathe forth'

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, animate creature

From prāṇa + suffix '-in'

उपरुध्यति (uparudhyati) - obstructs, stops, suppresses

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of uparudh

Present Active

From upa-RUDH 'to obstruct'

Prefix: upa

Root: rudh (class 7)

किम् (kim) - used idiomatically with 'punaḥ' to mean 'how much more' (what, how much more)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - used idiomatically with 'kim' to mean 'how much more' (again, moreover, how much more)

(indeclinable)

ताडनात् (tāḍanāt) - from striking, by beating

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tāḍana

tāḍana - striking, beating, tormenting

Action Noun

From root TĀḌ 'to strike'

Root: tāḍ (class 10)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

पीडनात् (pīḍanāt) - from tormenting, by torturing

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pīḍana

pīḍana - tormenting, oppressing, harassing

Action Noun

From root PĪḌ 'to oppress'

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

देहिनः (dehinaḥ) - of an embodied being, of a living creature

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dehin

dehin - embodied, living being, individual soul

From deha (body) + suffix -in

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