वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-47, verse-12

श्रीमदाश्रमसंकाशं किं न्विदं मुनिवर्जितम् ।
श्रोतुमिच्छामि भगवन् कस्यायं पूर्व आश्रमः ॥१२॥

12. śrīmadāśramasaṃkāśaṃ kiṃ nvidaṃ munivarjitam ,
śrotumicchāmi bhagavan kasyāyaṃ pūrva āśramaḥ.

12. śrīmat āśramasaṃkāśam kim nu idam munivarjitam
śrotum icchāmi bhagavan kasya ayam pūrva āśramaḥ

12. bhagavan kim nu idam śrīmat āśramasaṃkāśam
munivarjitam kasya ayam pūrva āśramaḥ śrotum icchāmi

12. O revered one, what is this glorious-looking hermitage (āśrama) that is devoid of sages? I desire to hear whose ancient hermitage (āśrama) this once was.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रीमत् (śrīmat) - glorious, splendid, prosperous

• आश्रमसंकाशम् (āśramasaṁkāśam) - resembling a hermitage

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• नु (nu) - indeed, pray, now

• इदम् (idam) - this

• मुनिवर्जितम् (munivarjitam) - devoid of sages, abandoned by ascetics

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - An address to a respected spiritual teacher, typically Visvamitra here. (O revered one, O divine one)

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• पूर्व (pūrva) - former, ancient, prior

• आश्रमः (āśramaḥ) - hermitage, ascetic dwelling, spiritual retreat

Words meanings and morphology

श्रीमत् (śrīmat) - glorious, splendid, prosperous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrīmat

śrīmat - glorious, splendid, beautiful, prosperous, fortunate

possessive suffix 'matup' added to 'śrī'

आश्रमसंकाशम् (āśramasaṁkāśam) - resembling a hermitage

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āśramasaṃkāśa

āśramasaṁkāśa - resembling a hermitage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āśrama+saṃkāśa)

• āśrama – hermitage, ascetic dwelling
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śram (class 4)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how, whether

नु (nu) - indeed, pray, now

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

मुनिवर्जितम् (munivarjitam) - devoid of sages, abandoned by ascetics

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of munivarjita

munivarjita - abandoned by ascetics, devoid of sages

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+varjita)

• muni – sage, ascetic
  noun (masculine)
• varjita – abandoned, forsaken, excluded, devoid of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'vṛj' (to avoid, abandon)
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive formed from root 'śru' (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of iṣ

present (laṭ) 1st singular active

Root 'iṣ' (to wish) in present tense, 1st person singular number, active voice.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - An address to a respected spiritual teacher, typically Visvamitra here. (O revered one, O divine one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - divine, holy, worshipful, glorious, illustrious; the venerable one, the Lord

possessive suffix 'matup' added to 'bhaga'

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

पूर्व (pūrva) - former, ancient, prior

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrva

pūrva - former, earlier, prior, ancient, eastern

आश्रमः (āśramaḥ) - hermitage, ascetic dwelling, spiritual retreat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastery, sacred retreat; a stage of life (e.g., brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, saṃnyāsa)

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

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