वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-21, verse-16

आसां राम सपत्नीनां वस्तुं मध्ये न मे क्षमम् ।
नय मामपि काकुत्स्थ वनं वन्यं मृगीं यथा ।
यदि ते गमने बुद्धिः कृता पितुरपेक्षया ॥१६॥

16. āsāṃ rāma sapatnīnāṃ vastuṃ madhye na me kṣamam ,
naya māmapi kākutstha vanaṃ vanyaṃ mṛgīṃ yathā ,
yadi te gamane buddhiḥ kṛtā piturapekṣayā.

16. āsām rāma sapatnīnām vastum madhye
na me kṣamam naya mām api kākutstha
vanam vanyām mṛgīm yathā yadi te
gamane buddhiḥ kṛtā pituḥ apekṣayā

16. rāma āsām sapatnīnām madhye vastum me na kṣamam (asti) kākutstha,
yadi te pituḥ apekṣayā gamane buddhiḥ kṛtā (asti),
(tadā) mām api vanyām mṛgīm yathā vanam naya

16. Rama, it is not bearable for me to dwell among these co-wives. O Kakutstha, if you have made up your mind to go, out of regard for your father, then take me also to the forest, just like a wild doe.

Words meanings summery:

• आसाम् (āsām) - of these (co-wives) (of these)

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• सपत्नीनाम् (sapatnīnām) - of these co-wives (of co-wives)

• वस्तुम् (vastum) - to dwell (to dwell, to live)

• मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the midst of, among)

• न (na) - not

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me)

• क्षमम् (kṣamam) - possible (for me) (possible, suitable, capable)

• नय (naya) - take (me) (lead, take)

• माम् (mām) - me

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Kakutstha (epithet for Rama) (O descendant of Kakutstha)

• वनम् (vanam) - to the forest

• वन्याम् (vanyām) - wild (doe) (wild, forest-dwelling)

• मृगीम् (mṛgīm) - a wild doe (doe, female deer)

• यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, like)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your)

• गमने (gamane) - regarding going (to the forest) (in going, regarding going)

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intention, resolve (intellect, mind, intention, resolve)

• कृता (kṛtā) - made, decided (made, done, performed)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of your father (Daśaratha) (of the father)

• अपेक्षया (apekṣayā) - out of regard for (your father) (by means of regard, out of consideration for)

Words meanings and morphology

आसाम् (āsām) - of these (co-wives) (of these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

Note: In agreement with sapatnīnām.

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a prominent deity in Hinduism, hero of the Ramayana)

सपत्नीनाम् (sapatnīnām) - of these co-wives (of co-wives)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sapatnī

sapatnī - co-wife, rival wife

वस्तुम् (vastum) - to dwell (to dwell, to live)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Derived from root vas (to dwell), with suffix -tum.

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun in conjunction with kṣamam.

मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the midst of, among)

(indeclinable)

Note: Formally a locative singular, but functions as an indeclinable preposition here.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

Note: Short form of mama or mahyam.

क्षमम् (kṣamam) - possible (for me) (possible, suitable, capable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṣama

kṣama - able, capable, fit, suitable, bearable

Note: Predicate adjective, implying 'it is not possible'.

नय (naya) - take (me) (lead, take)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nī

Imperative Mood

Root nī, imperative 2nd person singular active.

Root: nī (class 1)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

Note: Object of naya.

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes "me too".

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Kakutstha (epithet for Rama) (O descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha, epithet for Rama

वनम् (vanam) - to the forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Denotes goal of motion.

वन्याम् (vanyām) - wild (doe) (wild, forest-dwelling)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vanya

vanya - wild, belonging to the forest, savage

Note: In agreement with mṛgīm.

मृगीम् (mṛgīm) - a wild doe (doe, female deer)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgī

mṛgī - doe, female deer

Note: Object of comparison with yathā.

यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

ते (te) - your (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: In relation to buddhiḥ. "Your intention".

गमने (gamane) - regarding going (to the forest) (in going, regarding going)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gamana

gamana - going, motion, journey

Derived from root gam (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Locative of purpose or context.

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intention, resolve (intellect, mind, intention, resolve)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, mind, reason, intention, resolve

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Subject of kṛtā.

कृता (kṛtā) - made, decided (made, done, performed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ (to do, to make), feminine form.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: In agreement with buddhiḥ.

पितुः (pituḥ) - of your father (Daśaratha) (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Connected to apekṣayā.

अपेक्षया (apekṣayā) - out of regard for (your father) (by means of regard, out of consideration for)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of apekṣā

apekṣā - regard, consideration, expectation, dependence

Derived from prefix apa-iṣ (to look forward to, regard).

Prefix: apa

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Denotes cause or reason.

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