वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-2, verse-6

प्राप्य वर्षसहस्राणि बहून्यायूंषि जीवितः ।
जीर्णस्यास्य शरीरस्य विश्रान्तिमभिरोचये ॥६॥

6. prāpya varṣasahasrāṇi bahūnyāyūṃṣi jīvitaḥ ,
jīrṇasyāsya śarīrasya viśrāntimabhirocaye.

6. prāpya varṣa-sahasrāṇi bahūni āyūṃṣi jīvitaḥ
jīrṇasya asya śarīrasya viśrāntim abhiroccaye

6. bahūni varṣa-sahasrāṇi āyūṃṣi prāpya jīvitaḥ (aham),
asya jīrṇasya śarīrasya viśrāntim abhiroccaye

6. Having lived many thousands of years and attained a long life (āyus), I now desire (abhirocaye) rest (viśrānti) for this aged (jīrṇa) body (śarīra).

Words meanings summery:

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

• वर्ष-सहस्राणि (varṣa-sahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

• आयूंषि (āyūṁṣi) - long life (āyus) (lifetimes, long lives, years of life)

• जीवितः (jīvitaḥ) - having lived (for many years) (having lived, alive)

• जीर्णस्य (jīrṇasya) - of the aged, of the worn out

• अस्य (asya) - of this

• शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

• विश्रान्तिम् (viśrāntim) - rest (viśrānti) (rest, repose, cessation)

• अभिरोच्चये (abhiroccaye) - I desire, I long for, I delight in

Words meanings and morphology

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From prefix pra- + root √āp (to obtain, reach) + suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

वर्ष-सहस्राणि (varṣa-sahasrāṇi) - thousands of years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa-sahasra

varṣa-sahasra - thousand years

Compound type : tatpurusha (varṣa+sahasra)

• varṣa – year, rain, rainy season
  noun (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous, abundant

Note: Agrees with 'āyūṃṣi' and 'varṣa-sahasrāṇi'

आयूंषि (āyūṁṣi) - long life (āyus) (lifetimes, long lives, years of life)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of āyus

āyus - life, vital power, duration of life, long life

जीवितः (jīvitaḥ) - having lived (for many years) (having lived, alive)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvita

jīvita - lived, alive, living

Past Active Participle (or adjectival form meaning 'alive')

From root √jīv (to live) + suffix -ita

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied agent 'aham'

जीर्णस्य (jīrṇasya) - of the aged, of the worn out

(participle)

Genitive, neuter, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - aged, old, worn out, digested

Past Passive Participle

From root √jṛ (to grow old, decay) + suffix -ṇa

Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śarīrasya'

अस्य (asya) - of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'śarīrasya'

शरीरस्य (śarīrasya) - of the body

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body

विश्रान्तिम् (viśrāntim) - rest (viśrānti) (rest, repose, cessation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśrānti

viśrānti - rest, repose, cessation, relief, quiet

From prefix vi- + root √śram (to be weary, to rest)

Prefix: vi

Root: śram (class 4)

अभिरोच्चये (abhiroccaye) - I desire, I long for, I delight in

(verb)

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

Prefix: abhi

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Ātmanepada form

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