वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-25, verse-4

सीते विमुच्यतामेषा वनवासकृता मतिः ।
बहुदोषं हि कान्तारं वनमित्यभिधीयते ॥४॥

4. sīte vimucyatāmeṣā vanavāsakṛtā matiḥ ,
bahudoṣaṃ hi kāntāraṃ vanamityabhidhīyate.

4. sīte vimucyatām eṣā vanavāsakṛtā matiḥ
bahudoṣam hi kāntāram vanam iti abhidhīyate

4. sīte eṣā vanavāsakṛtā matiḥ vimucyatām hi
kāntāram bahudoṣam vanam iti abhidhīyate

4. O Sītā, abandon this resolve (mati) to dwell in the forest. For the wilderness (kāntāra) is indeed said to be a forest (vana) with many dangers (doṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• सीते (sīte) - O Sītā, wife of Rama (O Sītā)

• विमुच्यताम् (vimucyatām) - let this resolve be given up (let it be given up, let it be abandoned)

• एषा (eṣā) - this (resolve) (this (feminine))

• वनवासकृता (vanavāsakṛtā) - (resolve) concerning dwelling in the forest (made for forest dwelling, fixed on forest life)

• मतिः (matiḥ) - resolve to live in the forest (intention, resolve, mind, thought)

• बहुदोषम् (bahudoṣam) - the wilderness being full of many dangers (full of many faults, having many defects/dangers)

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

• कान्तारम् (kāntāram) - the dangerous wilderness (wilderness, large forest, dreadful forest)

• वनम् (vanam) - the forest (as a place of danger) (forest, wood)

• इति (iti) - (is called) thus (a forest) (thus, in this manner (marks quotation or reference))

• अभिधीयते (abhidhīyate) - (the wilderness) is called (a forest) (is said, is called, is declared)

Words meanings and morphology

सीते (sīte) - O Sītā, wife of Rama (O Sītā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of Sītā

Sītā - Sītā (name of Janaka's daughter, wife of Rama)

विमुच्यताम् (vimucyatām) - let this resolve be given up (let it be given up, let it be abandoned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of muc

Passive Imperative, 3rd Person Singular

root muc + ya (passive suffix) + tām (imperative ending)

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

एषा (eṣā) - this (resolve) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Feminine nominative singular form of 'etad'

वनवासकृता (vanavāsakṛtā) - (resolve) concerning dwelling in the forest (made for forest dwelling, fixed on forest life)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vanavāsakṛtā

vanavāsakṛtā - fixed on forest dwelling, made for living in the forest

compound word

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vanavāsa+kṛta)

• vanavāsa – forest dwelling, living in the forest
  noun (masculine)
• kṛta – made, done, accomplished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with matiḥ

मतिः (matiḥ) - resolve to live in the forest (intention, resolve, mind, thought)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - thought, mind, intention, resolve

बहुदोषम् (bahudoṣam) - the wilderness being full of many dangers (full of many faults, having many defects/dangers)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bahudoṣa

bahudoṣa - having many faults/dangers

compound word

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bahu+doṣa)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (masculine)
• doṣa – fault, defect, danger, harm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with kāntāram/vanam

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

(indeclinable)

कान्तारम् (kāntāram) - the dangerous wilderness (wilderness, large forest, dreadful forest)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāntāra

kāntāra - wilderness, large forest, dreadful forest

वनम् (vanam) - the forest (as a place of danger) (forest, wood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

इति (iti) - (is called) thus (a forest) (thus, in this manner (marks quotation or reference))

(indeclinable)

अभिधीयते (abhidhīyate) - (the wilderness) is called (a forest) (is said, is called, is declared)

(verb)

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

Passive Present, 3rd Person Singular

root dhā + ya (passive suffix) + te (middle ending)

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhā (class 3)