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

किं च वक्ष्यामि मुनिषु किं मयापकृतं नृपे ।
कस्मिन् वा कारणे त्यक्ता राघवेण महात्मना ॥७॥

7. kiṃ ca vakṣyāmi muniṣu kiṃ mayāpakṛtaṃ nṛpe ,
kasmin vā kāraṇe tyaktā rāghaveṇa mahātmanā.

7. kim ca vakṣyāmi muniṣu kim mayā apakṛtam nṛpe
kasmin vā kāraṇe tyaktā rāghaveṇa mahātmanā

7. mayā nṛpe kim apakṛtam ca muniṣu kim vakṣyāmi
vā kasmin kāraṇe mahātmanā rāghaveṇa tyaktā

7. And what shall I say to the sages? What wrong have I committed against the king? Or for what reason was I abandoned by the great-souled Rāghava (Rāma)?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• च (ca) - and, also

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will say/speak

• मुनिषु (muniṣu) - among the sages, to the sages

• किम् (kim) - what, what wrong

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अपकृतम् (apakṛtam) - what wrong has been done (wronged, offended, ill-done)

• नृपे (nṛpe) - to the king, concerning the king

• कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, for what

• वा (vā) - or

• कारणे (kāraṇe) - for a reason, in a cause

• त्यक्ता (tyaktā) - abandoned, forsaken

• राघवेण (rāghaveṇa) - by Rāghava, by Rāma

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, why

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will say/speak

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (ḷr̥ṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मुनिषु (muniṣu) - among the sages, to the sages

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer

किम् (kim) - what, what wrong

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

अपकृतम् (apakṛtam) - what wrong has been done (wronged, offended, ill-done)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apakṛta

apakṛta - ill-done, wronged, offended, harmed

Past Passive Participle

formed from root kṛ with prefix apa

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नृपे (nṛpe) - to the king, concerning the king

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

कस्मिन् (kasmin) - in which, for what

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

कारणे (kāraṇe) - for a reason, in a cause

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - reason, cause, motive, instrument

त्यक्ता (tyaktā) - abandoned, forsaken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tyakta

tyakta - abandoned, forsaken, left

Past Passive Participle

formed from root tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

राघवेण (rāghaveṇa) - by Rāghava, by Rāma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa)

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

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