वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-66, verse-11

अपश्यमानस्तत्रापि स्वल्पमप्यथ दुष्कृतम् ।
पूर्वामपि दिशं सर्वामथापश्यन्नराधिपः ॥११॥

11. apaśyamānastatrāpi svalpamapyatha duṣkṛtam ,
pūrvāmapi diśaṃ sarvāmathāpaśyannarādhipaḥ.

11. apaśyamānaḥ tatra api svalpam api atha duṣkṛtam
pūrvām api diśam sarvām atha apaśyat narādhipaḥ

11. tatra api svalpam api duṣkṛtam apaśyamānaḥ atha
narādhipaḥ sarvām pūrvām diśam api atha apaśyat

11. Even there (in the northern region), not finding even a slight misdeed, the king then searched the entire eastern region as well, but found nothing.

Words meanings summery:

• अपश्यमानः (apaśyamānaḥ) - not seeing, not finding

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अपि (api) - even, also

• स्वल्पम् (svalpam) - a little, slight, small

• अपि (api) - even, also

• अथ (atha) - then, now

• दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - evil deed, misdeed, wrong action

• पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - eastern, former

• अपि (api) - even, also

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, region

• सर्वाम् (sarvām) - all, entire, whole

• अथ (atha) - then, now

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - did not see, did not find

• नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - king, lord of men

Words meanings and morphology

अपश्यमानः (apaśyamānaḥ) - not seeing, not finding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apaśyamāna

dṛś - to see, to perceive, to observe

Present Middle Participle

Negative participle from root 'dṛś' (to see), forming 'paśyamāna' (seeing) with 'a-' prefix for negation.

Prefix: a

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

From pronominal stem 'tad' with the 'tral' suffix, indicating 'in that place'.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

स्वल्पम् (svalpam) - a little, slight, small

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svalpa

svalpa - a little, small, slight, trifling

Compound of 'su' (good, well) or 'sva' (own, self) and 'alpa' (little). More commonly 'su' + 'alpa' meaning 'very little'.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, now

(indeclinable)

दुष्कृतम् (duṣkṛtam) - evil deed, misdeed, wrong action

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duṣkṛta

duṣkṛta - evil deed, misdeed, sin

Past Passive Participle (used as noun)

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'dus' (bad, evil) and 'kṛta' (done, deed).

Prefix: dus

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पूर्वाम् (pūrvām) - eastern, former

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūrvā

pūrvā - eastern, former, prior, earlier

Feminine form of 'pūrva'.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, region

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, region, quarter of the sky

सर्वाम् (sarvām) - all, entire, whole

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarvā

sarvā - all, every, whole, entire

Feminine form of 'sarva'.

अथ (atha) - then, now

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - did not see, did not find

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect

From root 'dṛś' (to see), with 'a-' prefix for negation. Imperfect 3rd singular active form.

Prefix: a

Root: dṛś (class 1)

नराधिपः (narādhipaḥ) - king, lord of men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, ruler, lord of men

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'nara' (man) and 'adhipa' (lord, ruler).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
  From 'adhi' (over) and root 'pā' (to protect).
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)

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