वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-35, verse-20

आयसं हृदयं नूनं राममातुरसंशयम् ।
यद्देवगर्भप्रतिमे वनं याति न भिद्यते ॥२०॥

20. āyasaṃ hṛdayaṃ nūnaṃ rāmamāturasaṃśayam ,
yaddevagarbhapratime vanaṃ yāti na bhidyate.

20. āyasam hṛdayam nūnam rāmam āturasamśayam
yat devagarbhapratime vanam yāti na bhidyate

20. nūnam rāmam hṛdayam āyasam āturasamśayam
yat devagarbhapratime vanam yāti na bhidyate

20. Surely, Rama's heart is made of iron, beyond any doubt. Because, though he resembles a divine child, he goes to the forest, and yet his heart does not break.

Words meanings summery:

• आयसम् (āyasam) - made of iron (made of iron, iron)

• हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart (heart, mind, core)

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, indeed, certainly)

• रामम् (rāmam) - of Rama (implies genitive contextually for possession) (Rama (accusative))

• आतुरसम्शयम् (āturasamśayam) - beyond any doubt (without doubt, certainly)

• यत् (yat) - because (that, which, because)

• देवगर्भप्रतिमे (devagarbhapratime) - resembling a divine child (resembling a divine child/embryo)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood, grove)

• याति (yāti) - goes (he/she/it goes)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• भिद्यते (bhidyate) - does not break (is broken, breaks, is split)

Words meanings and morphology

आयसम् (āyasam) - made of iron (made of iron, iron)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āyasa

āyasa - made of iron, relating to iron

derived from ayas (iron)

Note: Predicate adjective for hṛdayam.

हृदयम् (hṛdayam) - heart (heart, mind, core)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, core

Note: Subject of the first clause.

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely (surely, indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

रामम् (rāmam) - of Rama (implies genitive contextually for possession) (Rama (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama

Note: Acts as a possessive or referential to hṛdayam for the purpose of translation.

आतुरसम्शयम् (āturasamśayam) - beyond any doubt (without doubt, certainly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aturasaṃśaya

aturasaṁśaya - without doubt, certainly

Formed with negative prefix a- and the compound tura-saṃśaya (doubt of an afflicted person)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (a+turasaṃśaya)

• a – not, un-, without
  indeclinable
  negative particle
• turasaṃśaya – doubt of an afflicted person
  noun (masculine)
  compound of tura and saṃśaya
• tura – quick, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
  from √tur (to be quick, hasten; to afflict)
  Root: tur (class 1)
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty
  noun (masculine)
  from sam + √śī (to lie, doubt)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially.

यत् (yat) - because (that, which, because)

(indeclinable)

Neuter nominative/accusative singular form of yad, also used as a conjunction

Note: Connects the two clauses.

देवगर्भप्रतिमे (devagarbhapratime) - resembling a divine child (resembling a divine child/embryo)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devagarbhapratima

devagarbhapratima - resembling a divine child/embryo

Compound noun used as an adjective

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (devagarbha+pratima)

• devagarbha – divine embryo/child
  noun (masculine)
  compound of deva and garbha
• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 1)
• garbha – embryo, fetus, child
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṛbh (class 9)
• pratima – resembling, like, image
  adjective (masculine)
  from prati (towards) + ma (a suffix)
  Prefix: prati

Note: Qualifies the implied subject (Rama) of yāti.

वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Object of motion for yāti.

याति (yāti) - goes (he/she/it goes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (Laṭ) of yā

Present 3rd person singular from √yā

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is implied Rama.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

negative particle

भिद्यते (bhidyate) - does not break (is broken, breaks, is split)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle/passive, present (Laṭ) of bhid

Present 3rd person singular middle/passive from √bhid

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Subject is hṛdayam (implied from the first line).