वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-17, verse-28

स्थिरं तु हृदयं मन्ये ममेदं यन्न दीर्यते ।
प्रावृषीव महानद्याः स्पृष्टं कूलं नवाम्भसा ॥२८॥

28. sthiraṃ tu hṛdayaṃ manye mamedaṃ yanna dīryate ,
prāvṛṣīva mahānadyāḥ spṛṣṭaṃ kūlaṃ navāmbhasā.

28. sthiram tu hṛdayam manye mama idam yat na dīryate
| prāvṛṣi iva mahānadyāḥ spṛṣṭam kūlam navāmbhasā

28. tu aham idam mama hṛdayam sthiram manye yat na dīryate
prāvṛṣi navāmbhasā spṛṣṭam mahānadyāḥ kūlam iva

28. However, I consider this heart of mine to be steadfast, because it does not break, just like a riverbank touched by fresh water from a great river in the rainy season.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थिरम् (sthiram) - firm, steadfast, steady

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind, core

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• इदम् (idam) - this

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• न (na) - not, no

• दीर्यते (dīryate) - is torn, breaks, splits

• प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• महानद्याः (mahānadyāḥ) - of a great river

• स्पृष्टम् (spṛṣṭam) - touched, contacted

• कूलम् (kūlam) - bank (of a river), shore, edge

• नवाम्भसा (navāmbhasā) - by fresh water, by new water

Words meanings and morphology

स्थिरम् (sthiram) - firm, steadfast, steady

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthira

sthira - firm, steady, constant, immovable

Root: sthā (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart, mind, core

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, core, essence

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (lat) of man

Root: man (class 4)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

दीर्यते (dīryate) - is torn, breaks, splits

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dṝ

Root: dṝ (class 9)

प्रावृषि (prāvṛṣi) - in the rainy season

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - rainy season, monsoon

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

महानद्याः (mahānadyāḥ) - of a great river

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of mahānadī

mahānadī - great river

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+nadī)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)

स्पृष्टम् (spṛṣṭam) - touched, contacted

(adjective)

neuter, singular of spṛṣṭa

spṛṣṭa - touched, contacted, met, felt

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle formed from root spṛś with suffix -ta

Root: spṛś (class 6)

कूलम् (kūlam) - bank (of a river), shore, edge

(noun)

neuter, singular of kūla

kūla - river bank, shore, edge, limit

नवाम्भसा (navāmbhasā) - by fresh water, by new water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of navāmbhas

navāmbhas - fresh water, new water

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nava+ambhas)

• nava – new, fresh, young, recent
  adjective
• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)

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