वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-17, verse-15

चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वत्स्यामि विजने वने ।
मधुमूलफलैर्जीवन् हित्वा मुनिवदामिषम् ॥१५॥

15. caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vijane vane ,
madhumūlaphalairjīvan hitvā munivadāmiṣam.

15. caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi vatsyāmi vijane vane |
madhumūlaphalaiḥ jīvan hitvā munivat āmiṣam

15. hi aham caturdaśa varṣāṇi vijane vane vatsyāmi
munivat āmiṣam hitvā madhumūlaphalaiḥ jīvan

15. Indeed, I shall dwell for fourteen years in a desolate forest, living on honey, roots, and fruits, abandoning all flesh (āmiṣa) just like a sage.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

• वत्स्यामि (vatsyāmi) - I shall dwell (I shall dwell, I shall live)

• विजने (vijane) - in a desolate (in a desolate, solitary, uninhabited place)

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• मधुमूलफलैः (madhumūlaphalaiḥ) - with honey, roots, and fruits

• जीवन् (jīvan) - living (living, existing)

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left)

• मुनिवत् (munivat) - just like a sage (like a sage, in the manner of a sage)

• आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - all flesh (flesh, meat, worldly enjoyment, prey)

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Note: Here used as an adjective modifying 'varṣāṇi'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, rainy season

Note: Accusative case indicates duration of time.

वत्स्यामि (vatsyāmi) - I shall dwell (I shall dwell, I shall live)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

विजने (vijane) - in a desolate (in a desolate, solitary, uninhabited place)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vijana

vijana - desolate, solitary, uninhabited, lonely

Prefix: vi

Root: jana

Note: Agrees with 'vane'.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

मधुमूलफलैः (madhumūlaphalaiḥ) - with honey, roots, and fruits

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of madhumūlaphala

madhumūlaphala - honey, roots, and fruits

Compound type : dvandva (madhu+mūla+phala)

• madhu – honey, sweet
  noun (neuter)
• mūla – root, origin
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit, result
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates the means of living.

जीवन् (jīvan) - living (living, existing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root jīv, present tense active participle

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'I'.

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root hā (to abandon) with suffix -tvā

Root: hā (class 3)

मुनिवत् (munivat) - just like a sage (like a sage, in the manner of a sage)

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'muni' (sage) and suffix '-vat' (like)

आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - all flesh (flesh, meat, worldly enjoyment, prey)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āmiṣa

āmiṣa - flesh, meat, prey, sensual object, worldly enjoyment

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