वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-48, verse-4

भगवन् साधु पश्येमां देवतामिव खाच्च्युताम् ।
न ह्येनां मानुषीं विद्मः सत्क्रियास्याः प्रयुज्यताम् ॥४॥

4. bhagavan sādhu paśyemāṃ devatāmiva khāccyutām ,
na hyenāṃ mānuṣīṃ vidmaḥ satkriyāsyāḥ prayujyatām.

4. bhagavan sādhu paśya imām devatām iva khāt cyutām na
hi enām mānuṣīm vidmaḥ satkriyā asyāḥ prayujyatām

4. bhagavan imām khāt cyutām devatām iva sādhu paśya hi
enām mānuṣīm na vidmaḥ asyāḥ satkriyā prayujyatām

4. O revered one (bhagavan), please look at her properly, as if she were a goddess fallen from the sky. Indeed, we do not consider her a human woman; let proper reverence (satkriyā) be offered to her.

Words meanings summery:

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered sage (Vālmīki) (O revered one, O divine one)

• साधु (sādhu) - properly, thoroughly (properly, well, rightly, good)

• पश्य (paśya) - please observe, kindly examine (see, look at)

• इमाम् (imām) - this woman (Sītā) (this (feminine, accusative))

• देवताम् (devatām) - goddess, deity

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• खात् (khāt) - from the heavens (from the sky, from space)

• च्युताम् (cyutām) - fallen down (from heaven) (fallen, descended, dropped)

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• एनाम् (enām) - this woman (Sītā) (her, this (feminine, accusative))

• मानुषीम् (mānuṣīm) - a mortal human being (human, human woman)

• विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we perceive, we understand (we know, we consider)

• सत्क्रिया (satkriyā) - respectful treatment, proper hospitality (proper reverence, hospitality, good deed)

• अस्याः (asyāḥ) - to this woman (Sītā) (of her, to her (feminine))

• प्रयुज्यताम् (prayujyatām) - let it (proper reverence) be bestowed (upon her) (let it be offered, let it be applied, let it be used)

Words meanings and morphology

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered sage (Vālmīki) (O revered one, O divine one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, blessed, divine, glorious, venerable, lord

Note: used as an address

साधु (sādhu) - properly, thoroughly (properly, well, rightly, good)

(indeclinable)

पश्य (paśya) - please observe, kindly examine (see, look at)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

present stem 'paśya'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इमाम् (imām) - this woman (Sītā) (this (feminine, accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

देवताम् (devatām) - goddess, deity

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devatā

devatā - divinity, deity, goddess

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

खात् (khāt) - from the heavens (from the sky, from space)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, ether, space, heaven

च्युताम् (cyutām) - fallen down (from heaven) (fallen, descended, dropped)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cyuta

cyuta - fallen, dropped, deviated, omitted

past passive participle

formed from root √cyu (to fall, move) with -ta suffix

Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: past passive participle, modifying imām (Sītā) and devatām

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

एनाम् (enām) - this woman (Sītā) (her, this (feminine, accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of enam

enam - this, that, him, her (emphatic demonstrative pronoun)

मानुषीम् (mānuṣīm) - a mortal human being (human, human woman)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mānuṣī

mānuṣī - human woman, mortal woman

feminine form of mānuṣa (human)

Note: can also be an adjective

विद्मः (vidmaḥ) - we perceive, we understand (we know, we consider)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vid

Root: vid (class 2)

सत्क्रिया (satkriyā) - respectful treatment, proper hospitality (proper reverence, hospitality, good deed)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of satkriyā

satkriyā - proper action, good deed, respectful treatment, hospitality

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat+kriyā)

• sat – good, true, existing
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  present active participle
  from root √as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• kriyā – action, deed, rite, ceremony
  noun (feminine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्याः (asyāḥ) - to this woman (Sītā) (of her, to her (feminine))

(pronoun)

Dative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: can be genitive or dative; here dative ('to her')

प्रयुज्यताम् (prayujyatām) - let it (proper reverence) be bestowed (upon her) (let it be offered, let it be applied, let it be used)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present imperative (loṭ) of prayuj

Prefix: pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

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