वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-23, verse-34

अहं गमिष्यामि महावनं प्रिये त्वया हि वस्तव्यमिहैव भामिनि ।
यथा व्यलीकं कुरुषे न कस्य चित्तथा त्वया कार्यमिदं वचो मम ॥३४॥

34. ahaṃ gamiṣyāmi mahāvanaṃ priye tvayā hi vastavyamihaiva bhāmini ,
yathā vyalīkaṃ kuruṣe na kasya cittathā tvayā kāryamidaṃ vaco mama.

34. aham gamiṣyāmi mahāvanam priye
tvayā hi vastavyam iha eva bhāmini
yathā vyalīkam kuruṣe na kasya cit
tathā tvayā kāryam idam vacaḥ mama

34. priye bhāmini aham mahāvanam
gamiṣyāmi hi tvayā iha eva vastavyam
yathā kasya cit vyalīkam na kuruṣe
tathā mama idam vacaḥ tvayā kāryam

34. Oh dear beloved (priye), I shall go to the great forest. Indeed, you, oh beautiful lady (bhāminī), must remain right here. Just as you do no wrong to anyone, so too should this word of mine be carried out by you.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall go

• महावनम् (mahāvanam) - the great forest (great forest)

• प्रिये (priye) - Oh dear beloved (vocative) (beloved, dear one)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

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

• वस्तव्यम् (vastavyam) - must remain (by you) (must be dwelt, ought to be stayed)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this place)

• एव (eva) - right here, indeed (only, just, indeed)

• भामिनि (bhāmini) - Oh beautiful lady (vocative) (beautiful woman, passionate woman)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

• व्यलीकम् (vyalīkam) - wrong, offense (wrong, offense, fault, defect)

• कुरुषे (kuruṣe) - you do (you do, you make)

• न (na) - no (not, no)

• कस्य (kasya) - to whom (dative sense with 'cit') (of whom, whose)

• चित् (cit) - anyone (any, some, even)

• तथा (tathā) - so too, in that manner (so, thus, in that manner)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - should be done/performed (by you) (to be done, ought to be done, duty)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, command (word, speech, saying)

• मम (mama) - my (my, mine)

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I shall go

(verb)

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

future active

First person singular, future indicative, Parasmaipada.

Root: gam (class 1)

महावनम् (mahāvanam) - the great forest (great forest)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - large forest, great wood

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'vana' (forest).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'gamiṣyāmi'.

प्रिये (priye) - Oh dear beloved (vocative) (beloved, dear one)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - beloved woman, dear one, wife

Feminine form of 'priya' (dear).

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Second person pronoun stem.

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'vastavyam' and 'kāryam'.

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

(indeclinable)

वस्तव्यम् (vastavyam) - must remain (by you) (must be dwelt, ought to be stayed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vastavya

vastavya - to be dwelt in, to be resided in; fit to be inhabited

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root vas (to dwell) with suffix -tavya (denoting obligation or fitness). Neuter nominative singular.

Root: vas (class 1)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - right here, indeed (only, just, indeed)

(indeclinable)

भामिनि (bhāmini) - Oh beautiful lady (vocative) (beautiful woman, passionate woman)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhāminī

bhāminī - beautiful woman, passionate woman; a term of address for an angry or charming lady

From 'bhāma' (light, splendor) with feminine suffix -inī.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which way)

(indeclinable)

व्यलीकम् (vyalīkam) - wrong, offense (wrong, offense, fault, defect)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyalīka

vyalīka - wrong, offense, fault, defect; grief, pain; disfavor

Note: Object of 'kuruṣe'.

कुरुषे (kuruṣe) - you do (you do, you make)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

present active

Second person singular, present indicative, Atmanepada.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - no (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

कस्य (kasya) - to whom (dative sense with 'cit') (of whom, whose)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which; interrogative pronoun

Interrogative pronoun stem.

Note: Used with 'cit' to mean 'to anyone'.

चित् (cit) - anyone (any, some, even)

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - so too, in that manner (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvad

tvad - you

Second person pronoun stem.

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'kāryam'.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - should be done/performed (by you) (to be done, ought to be done, duty)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, proper to be done; work, business, duty

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -ya (denoting obligation or fitness). Neuter nominative singular.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

Demonstrative pronoun stem id-.

Note: Modifies 'vacaḥ'.

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, command (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, declaration

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'kāryam'.

मम (mama) - my (my, mine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, my

First person pronoun stem.

Note: Possessive, refers to the speaker (Rama).

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