वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-31, verse-29

प्राप्स्यामि यानद्य गुणान् को मे श्वस्तान्प्रदास्यति ।
अपक्रमणमेवातः सर्वकामैरहं वृणे ॥२९॥

29. prāpsyāmi yānadya guṇān ko me śvastānpradāsyati ,
apakramaṇamevātaḥ sarvakāmairahaṃ vṛṇe.

29. prāpsyāmi yān adya guṇān kaḥ me śvas tān pradāsyati
apakramaṇam eva ataḥ sarvakāmaiḥ aham vṛṇe

29. adya yān guṇān prāpsyāmi kaḥ śvas tān me pradāsyati
ataḥ apakramaṇam eva aham sarvakāmaiḥ vṛṇe

29. The qualities (guṇa) that I would attain today, who will bestow them upon me tomorrow? Therefore, I choose only departure (apakramaṇa) in preference to all desires (kāma).

Words meanings summery:

• प्राप्स्यामि (prāpsyāmi) - I will obtain, I will get

• यान् (yān) - which, those which

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, merits, virtues, properties

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• श्वस् (śvas) - tomorrow

• तान् (tān) - those (masculine)

• प्रदास्यति (pradāsyati) - will give, will bestow

• अपक्रमणम् (apakramaṇam) - departure, stepping away, going forth

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

• सर्वकामैः (sarvakāmaiḥ) - in preference to all desires (with all desires, by all desires)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वृणे (vṛṇe) - I choose, I select

Words meanings and morphology

प्राप्स्यामि (prāpsyāmi) - I will obtain, I will get

(verb)

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

Future active

1st person singular, future tense, root 'āp' with upasarga 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

यान् (yān) - which, those which

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who (relative pronoun)

Note: Adjective to 'guṇān'

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronominal base 'idam' (this) + suffix 'dyas'

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, merits, virtues, properties

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, merit, virtue, property, attribute

Note: Object of 'prāpsyāmi'

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

Note: Also can be genitive, but dative fits better with 'pradāsyati'.

श्वस् (śvas) - tomorrow

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'guṇān'

प्रदास्यति (pradāsyati) - will give, will bestow

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of pradā

Future active

3rd person singular, future tense, root 'dā' with upasarga 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

अपक्रमणम् (apakramaṇam) - departure, stepping away, going forth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apakramaṇa

apakramaṇa - departure, going away, stepping aside

From root 'kram' (to step) with upasarga 'apa'

Prefix: apa

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vṛṇe'

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, from this

(indeclinable)

From pronoun 'idam' + suffix 'tas'

सर्वकामैः (sarvakāmaiḥ) - in preference to all desires (with all desires, by all desires)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarvakāma

sarvakāma - all desires, complete gratification

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+kāma)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• kāma – desire, wish, longing
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kam' (to desire)
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Instrumental used to indicate comparison or preference here.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'vṛṇe'

वृणे (vṛṇe) - I choose, I select

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛ

Present middle

1st person singular, present tense, middle voice, root 'vṛ', 9th class (kryādi)

Root: vṛ (class 9)