वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-26, verse-19

यदि मां दुःखितामेवं वनं नेतुं न चेच्छसि ।
विषमग्निं जलं वाहमास्थास्ये मृत्युकारणात् ॥१९॥

19. yadi māṃ duḥkhitāmevaṃ vanaṃ netuṃ na cecchasi ,
viṣamagniṃ jalaṃ vāhamāsthāsye mṛtyukāraṇāt.

19. yadi mām duḥkhitām evam vanam netum na ca icchasi
viṣam agnim jalam vāham āsthāsye mṛtyukāraṇāt

19. yadi tvam evam duḥkhitām mām vanam netum na ca icchasi,
(tada) viṣam agnim jalam vāham mṛtyukāraṇāt āsthāsye

19. If you do not wish to take me, thus distressed, to the forest, then I shall resort to poison, fire, water, or a fall, for the sake of ending my life.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

• माम् (mām) - me (Sita) (me)

• दुःखिताम् (duḥkhitām) - distressed (distressed, sorrowful, unhappy)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• वनम् (vanam) - to the forest (forest, wood)

• नेतुम् (netum) - to take (to lead, to take)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - (serves to connect and reinforce 'yadi') (and, also, if)

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish (you wish, you desire)

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• वाहम् (vāham) - a fall (from a height) (a vehicle, a current, a precipice, a fall)

• आस्थास्ये (āsthāsye) - I shall resort to (I shall resort to, I shall undertake, I shall adopt)

• मृत्युकारणात् (mṛtyukāraṇāt) - for the sake of ending my life (for the sake of death, from the cause of death)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me (Sita) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of `netum`.

दुःखिताम् (duḥkhitām) - distressed (distressed, sorrowful, unhappy)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of duḥkhita

duḥkhita - distressed, sorrowful, unhappy

Past Passive Participle

From root duḥkh- ('to suffer') or derived from duḥkha.

Note: Agrees with `mām`.

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Qualifies `duḥkhitām`.

वनम् (vanam) - to the forest (forest, wood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Root: van (class 1)

Note: Object of `netum`, indicating direction "to the forest".

नेतुम् (netum) - to take (to lead, to take)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from root nī- ('to lead') with suffix -tum.

Root: nī (class 1)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - (serves to connect and reinforce 'yadi') (and, also, if)

(indeclinable)

Note: After `na` and before a verb, `ca` can function similarly to 'if' or intensify the negative conditional.

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish (you wish, you desire)

(verb)

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

Present tense, active voice, 2nd person singular

From root iṣ- ('to wish, desire').

Root: iṣ (class 6)

विषम् (viṣam) - poison

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom

Note: Object of `āsthāsye`.

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Note: Object of `āsthāsye`.

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Root: jal (class 1)

Note: Object of `āsthāsye`.

वाहम् (vāham) - a fall (from a height) (a vehicle, a current, a precipice, a fall)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāha

vāha - a vehicle, a draught animal, a current, a flow, a torrent, a burden

Derived from root vah- ('to carry, flow').

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Object of `āsthāsye`.

आस्थास्ये (āsthāsye) - I shall resort to (I shall resort to, I shall undertake, I shall adopt)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of āsthā

Future tense, middle voice, 1st person singular

From root sthā- ('to stand') with upasarga ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मृत्युकारणात् (mṛtyukāraṇāt) - for the sake of ending my life (for the sake of death, from the cause of death)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mṛtyukāraṇa

mṛtyukāraṇa - cause of death

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛtyu+kāraṇa)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root kṛ- ('to do, make') with suffix -ana.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Indicates purpose or cause.

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