वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-24, verse-7

का चिद्दध्यौ सुदुःखार्ता हन्यादपि हि मामयम् ।
स्मृत्वा मातॄः पितॄन्भ्रातॄन्पुत्रान् वै श्वशुरानपि ।
दुःखशोकसमाविष्टा विलेपुः सहिताः स्त्रियः ॥७॥

7. kā ciddadhyau suduḥkhārtā hanyādapi hi māmayam ,
smṛtvā mātṝḥ pitṝnbhrātṝnputrān vai śvaśurānapi ,
duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭā vilepuḥ sahitāḥ striyaḥ.

7. kā cit dadhyau sudukhārtā hanyāt api
hi mām ayam smṛtvā mātṛḥ pitṝn
bhrātṝn putrān vai śvaśurān api
duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭā vilepuḥ sahitāḥ striyaḥ

7. sudukhārtā kā cit ayam mām api hi
hanyāt dadhyau mātṛḥ pitṝn bhrātṝn putrān
vai śvaśurān api smṛtvā
duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭāḥ sahitāḥ striyaḥ vilepuḥ

7. Some woman, deeply distressed by sorrow, pondered, "This one might indeed kill me." Remembering their mothers, fathers, brothers, sons, and also fathers-in-law, the women, overcome by sorrow and grief, lamented together.

Words meanings summery:

• का (kā) - some (feminine) (who, which, what)

• चित् (cit) - a certain, some, any

• दध्यौ (dadhyau) - pondered, thought, meditated

• सुदुखार्ता (sudukhārtā) - deeply distressed by sorrow, severely afflicted by pain

• हन्यात् (hanyāt) - might kill, should kill

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• माम् (mām) - me

• अयम् (ayam) - this one (the captor, e.g., Rāvaṇa) (this one, he)

• स्मृत्वा (smṛtvā) - having remembered

• मातृः (mātṛḥ) - mothers

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely

• श्वशुरान् (śvaśurān) - fathers-in-law

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• दुःखशोकसमाविष्टा (duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭā) - overcome by sorrow and grief, afflicted by misery and distress

• विलेपुः (vilepuḥ) - lamented, wept

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together, accompanied

• स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

Words meanings and morphology

का (kā) - some (feminine) (who, which, what)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Forms kā cit, 'some (woman)'.

चित् (cit) - a certain, some, any

(indeclinable)

दध्यौ (dadhyau) - pondered, thought, meditated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dhyai

Perfect tense (liṭ) of dhyai (dhī, class 1)

Root: dhyai (class 1)

सुदुखार्ता (sudukhārtā) - deeply distressed by sorrow, severely afflicted by pain

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sudukhārta

sudukhārta - deeply distressed/afflicted by sorrow/pain

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+duḥkha+ārta)

• su – good, well, very, deeply
  indeclinable
• duḥkha – sorrow, suffering, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• ārta – distressed, afflicted, pained
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root ṛ (to go) + ta, or ṛt (to pain)
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

हन्यात् (hanyāt) - might kill, should kill

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of han

Optative mood (vidhi-liṅ) of han (class 2)

Root: han (class 2)

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the possibility of being killed.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अयम् (ayam) - this one (the captor, e.g., Rāvaṇa) (this one, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the captor.

स्मृत्वा (smṛtvā) - having remembered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root smṛ (to remember) + tvā suffix.

Root: smṛ (class 1)

मातृः (mātṛḥ) - mothers

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

वै (vai) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

श्वशुरान् (śvaśurān) - fathers-in-law

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śvaśura

śvaśura - father-in-law

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the wide range of relatives remembered.

दुःखशोकसमाविष्टा (duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭā) - overcome by sorrow and grief, afflicted by misery and distress

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭa

duḥkhaśokasamāviṣṭa - overcome by sorrow and grief

Compound type : tatpurusha (duḥkha+śoka+samāviṣṭa)

• duḥkha – sorrow, suffering, pain, misery
  noun (neuter)
• śoka – grief, lamentation, anguish
  noun (masculine)
• samāviṣṭa – entered, pervaded, overcome, afflicted
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root viś (to enter) with prefixes sam and ā
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: viś (class 6)

विलेपुः (vilepuḥ) - lamented, wept

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of vilap

Perfect tense (liṭ) of lap (to speak) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together, accompanied

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied, together, united

स्त्रियः (striyaḥ) - women

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female