वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-47, verse-1

लक्ष्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा दारुणं जनकात्मजा ।
परं विषादमागम्य वैदेही निपपात ह ॥१॥

1. lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā dāruṇaṃ janakātmajā ,
paraṃ viṣādamāgamya vaidehī nipapāta ha.

1. lakṣmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā dāruṇam janakātmajā
param viṣādam āgamya vaidehī nipapāta ha

1. janakātmajā vaidehī lakṣmaṇasya dāruṇam
vacaḥ śrutvā param viṣādam āgamya ha nipapāta

1. Hearing Lakshmana's harsh words, the daughter of Janaka, Vaidehi, overcome with extreme dejection, fell down.

Words meanings summery:

• लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakshmana

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech, saying

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - harsh, dreadful, cruel

• जनकात्मजा (janakātmajā) - Sita, the daughter of Janaka (daughter of Janaka)

• परम् (param) - extreme, great, supreme

• विषादम् (viṣādam) - dejection, sorrow, despair

• आगम्य (āgamya) - having experienced (extreme dejection) (having reached, having experienced, having fallen into)

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita, the princess of Videha (Vaidehi (Princess of Videha))

• निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down, collapsed

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

Words meanings and morphology

लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (proper name, brother of Rama)

वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

gerund/absolutive from verb śru

Root: śru (class 5)

दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - harsh, dreadful, cruel

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - harsh, cruel, terrible, dreadful

Note: Agrees with 'vacaḥ'.

जनकात्मजा (janakātmajā) - Sita, the daughter of Janaka (daughter of Janaka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of janakātmajā

janakātmajā - daughter of Janaka (Sita)

Compound type : tatpurusha (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

परम् (param) - extreme, great, supreme

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, best

Note: Agrees with 'viṣādam'.

विषादम् (viṣādam) - dejection, sorrow, despair

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viṣāda

viṣāda - dejection, despondency, sorrow, despair

Root: sad (class 1)

आगम्य (āgamya) - having experienced (extreme dejection) (having reached, having experienced, having fallen into)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

gerund/absolutive from verb gam with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita, the princess of Videha (Vaidehi (Princess of Videha))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Princess of Videha (Sita)

निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down, collapsed

(verb)

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

perfect tense

3rd person singular, active voice (reduplicated perfect)

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

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