वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-27, verse-19

पश्चादपि हि दुःखेन मम नैवास्ति जीवितम् ।
उज्झितायास्त्वया नाथ तदैव मरणं वरम् ॥१९॥

19. paścādapi hi duḥkhena mama naivāsti jīvitam ,
ujjhitāyāstvayā nātha tadaiva maraṇaṃ varam.

19. paścāt api hi duḥkhena mama na eva asti jīvitam
ujjhitāyāḥ tvayā nātha tadā eva maraṇam varam

19. nātha tvayā ujjhitāyāḥ mama paścāt api hi duḥkhena
jīvitam na eva asti tadā eva maraṇam varam

19. O Lord, for me, abandoned by you, there is no life at all afterwards, only sorrow. Indeed, death at that very moment would be preferable.

Words meanings summery:

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - later on (afterwards, later, behind)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

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

• दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - with sorrow (by sorrow, with pain, due to misery)

• मम (mama) - for me (my, of me)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एव (eva) - at all (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, livelihood, living)

• उज्झितायाः (ujjhitāyāḥ) - of me who is abandoned (by you) (of one abandoned, forsaken (feminine))

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• नाथ (nātha) - O Lord! (O lord!, O protector!)

• तदा (tadā) - at that very moment (then, at that time)

• एव (eva) - very (only, just, indeed, certainly)

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

• वरम् (varam) - preferable (better, preferable, excellent)

Words meanings and morphology

पश्चात् (paścāt) - later on (afterwards, later, behind)

(indeclinable)

From paśca (western, posterior) + -āt (ablative suffix)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

दुःखेन (duḥkhena) - with sorrow (by sorrow, with pain, due to misery)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - sorrow, pain, misery, suffering, unhappiness

मम (mama) - for me (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Genitive/Dative singular of asmad

Note: Used here as dative of interest.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - at all (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Intensifying the negation.

अस्ति (asti) - is (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Active Indicative

3rd Person Singular

Root: as (class 2)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life (life, livelihood, living)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood, animate, alive

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

उज्झितायाः (ujjhitāyāḥ) - of me who is abandoned (by you) (of one abandoned, forsaken (feminine))

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of ujjhitā

ujjhitā - abandoned, forsaken, cast off

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ud-√jah (to abandon, forsake)

Prefix: ud

Root: jahā (class 3)

Note: Refers to the speaker.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Instrumental singular of yuṣmad

Note: Agent of the action 'ujjhitā'.

नाथ (nātha) - O Lord! (O lord!, O protector!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nātha

nātha - lord, master, protector, helper

Note: Addressing Rama.

तदा (tadā) - at that very moment (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' (that)

एव (eva) - very (only, just, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'tadā'.

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death (death, dying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, mortality

Derived from √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

वरम् (varam) - preferable (better, preferable, excellent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, preferable, a boon, a choice

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Predicate adjective.