वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-38, verse-4

अथ स्म नगरे रामश्चरन्भैक्षं गृहे वसेत् ।
कामकारो वरं दातुमपि दासं ममात्मजम् ॥४॥

4. atha sma nagare rāmaścaranbhaikṣaṃ gṛhe vaset ,
kāmakāro varaṃ dātumapi dāsaṃ mamātmajam.

4. atha sma nagare rāmaḥ caran bhaikṣam gṛhe vaset
kāmakāraḥ varam dātum api dāsam mama ātmajam

4. atha,
rāmaḥ nagare bhaikṣam caran gṛhe vaset.
kāmakāraḥ api mama ātmajam dāsam varam dātum.

4. Then, Rāma might wander begging for alms in the city and live in some house. It is her arbitrary will to grant a boon, even (if it means making) my own son a slave.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

• स्म (sma) - particle (emphasizing the lament or possibility) (particle indicating past tense or emphasis)

• नगरे (nagare) - in the city

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (the prince) (Rama)

• चरन् (caran) - wandering (begging) (wandering, moving, performing)

• भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms (alms, begging)

• गृहे (gṛhe) - in a house (in a house, in a home)

• वसेत् (vaset) - might live (might live, should live)

• कामकारः (kāmakāraḥ) - her arbitrary will (arbitrary will, acting according to one's own desire)

• वरम् (varam) - boon (boon, blessing, excellent thing)

• दातुम् (dātum) - to grant (to give, to grant)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• दासम् (dāsam) - slave (slave, servant)

• मम (mama) - my (Dasharatha's) (my, mine)

• आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son (son, offspring)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - particle (emphasizing the lament or possibility) (particle indicating past tense or emphasis)

(indeclinable)

नगरे (nagare) - in the city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (the prince) (Rama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama; pleasing, charming; black

चरन् (caran) - wandering (begging) (wandering, moving, performing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carant

carant - moving, wandering, going; performing

present active participle

From root car (to move, wander)

Root: car (class 1)

भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms (alms, begging)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaikṣa

bhaikṣa - alms, begging, mendicancy

From bhikṣā (alms)

गृहे (gṛhe) - in a house (in a house, in a home)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, dwelling, home

वसेत् (vaset) - might live (might live, should live)

(verb)

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

optative active

Root: vas (class 1)

कामकारः (kāmakāraḥ) - her arbitrary will (arbitrary will, acting according to one's own desire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmakāra

kāmakāra - acting according to one's own will or desire, arbitrary will, caprice

Compound of kāma (desire) and kāra (doing, making)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāma+kāra)

• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
• kāra – doing, making, acting; agent, doer
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

वरम् (varam) - boon (boon, blessing, excellent thing)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, wish, blessing; choice, excellent, best

दातुम् (dātum) - to grant (to give, to grant)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Formed from root dā (to give) with -tum suffix

Root: dā (class 3)

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

दासम् (dāsam) - slave (slave, servant)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dāsa

dāsa - slave, servant; a Śūdra

मम (mama) - my (Dasharatha's) (my, mine)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

First person pronoun

आत्मजम् (ātmajam) - son (son, offspring)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, offspring (literally 'self-born')

Compound of ātman (self) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpurusha (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born from, produced from
  adjective
  Suffix from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

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