वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-27, verse-13

शाद्वलेषु यदासिष्ये वनान्ते वनगोरचा ।
कुथास्तरणतल्पेषु किं स्यात् सुखतरं ततः ॥१३॥

13. śādvaleṣu yadāsiṣye vanānte vanagoracā ,
kuthāstaraṇatalpeṣu kiṃ syāt sukhataraṃ tataḥ.

13. śādvaleṣu yadā āsiṣye vanānte vanagorocā
kuthāstaraṇatalpeṣu kim syāt sukhataram tataḥ

13. yadā vanagorocā vanānte śādvaleṣu āsiṣye
tataḥ kuthāstaraṇatalpeṣu kim sukhataram syāt

13. When I recline on the green meadows at the forest's edge, like a wild cow (vanagorocā), what could be more pleasant than that, even compared to resting on beds spread with costly blankets?

Words meanings summery:

• शाद्वलेषु (śādvaleṣu) - on the green meadows, in the pastures

• यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

• आसिष्ये (āsiṣye) - I shall recline, I shall sit

• वनान्ते (vanānte) - at the edge of the forest

• वनगोरोचा (vanagorocā) - Referring to herself, implying a simple, natural existence in the forest. (like a wild cow, a forest cow)

• कुथास्तरणतल्पेषु (kuthāstaraṇatalpeṣu) - on beds spread with costly blankets

• किम् (kim) - what? what kind of?

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, would be

• सुखतरम् (sukhataram) - more pleasant, happier, more comfortable

• ततः (tataḥ) - Used in a comparative sense: 'than that' (referring to the simple life in the forest). (from that, than that, then, thereupon)

Words meanings and morphology

शाद्वलेषु (śādvaleṣu) - on the green meadows, in the pastures

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śādvala

śādvala - green, grassy; a green field, pasture, meadow

यदा (yadā) - when, whenever

(indeclinable)

आसिष्ये (āsiṣye) - I shall recline, I shall sit

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lyṛṭ) of ās

Future Tense

Future form (syā) of root 'ās' (to sit) with prefix 'ā', Middle Voice, 1st person singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: ās (class 2)

वनान्ते (vanānte) - at the edge of the forest

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vanānta

vanānta - edge of a forest, outskirts of a forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+anta)

• vana – forest, wood, grove, water
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, edge, boundary, vicinity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ant

वनगोरोचा (vanagorocā) - Referring to herself, implying a simple, natural existence in the forest. (like a wild cow, a forest cow)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vanagorocā

vanagorocā - forest cow, wild cow, a specific type of cow-like creature or a figurative comparison to a wild, free animal.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+goro)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• gorocā – cow's bile (yellow pigment), or a cow (go) that delights (roca), or simply 'cow' with a suffix. Here interpreted as 'cow' or 'like a cow'.
  noun (feminine)

Note: Implies the speaker is like a wild cow in the forest in her simple, free state.

कुथास्तरणतल्पेषु (kuthāstaraṇatalpeṣu) - on beds spread with costly blankets

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kuthāstaraṇatalpa

kuthāstaraṇatalpa - a bed or couch with a costly covering or blanket

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuthā+āstaraṇa+talpa)

• kuthā – a costly blanket, horse blanket, a type of woolen covering
  noun (feminine)
• āstaraṇa – spreading, covering, a spread, a bed, a carpet
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'stṛ' (to spread) with prefix 'ā'.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: stṛ (class 5)
• talpa – bed, couch, mattress
  noun (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what? what kind of?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who; why, how

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, might be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Optative Mood

Optative form of root 'as' (to be), 3rd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

सुखतरम् (sukhataram) - more pleasant, happier, more comfortable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sukhatara

sukhatara - more happy, more pleasant, more comfortable (comparative degree of 'sukha')

Comparative suffix '-tara' added to 'sukha' (happiness, ease).

ततः (tataḥ) - Used in a comparative sense: 'than that' (referring to the simple life in the forest). (from that, than that, then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)