वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-47

चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि सहितस्य त्वया वने ।
क्षणभूतानि यास्यन्ति शतशस्तु ततो ऽन्यथा ॥४७॥

47. caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi sahitasya tvayā vane ,
kṣaṇabhūtāni yāsyanti śataśastu tato'nyathā.

47. caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi sahitasya tvayā vane
kṣaṇabhūtāni yāsyanti śataśas tu tataḥ anyathā

47. tvayā sahitasya vane caturdaśa varṣāṇi hi
kṣaṇabhūtāni yāsyanti tataḥ śataśas tu anyathā

47. Indeed, these fourteen years spent with you in the forest will pass like mere moments; otherwise, without you, they would feel like hundreds of years.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

• सहितस्य (sahitasya) - of one who is accompanied, accompanied

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• क्षणभूतानि (kṣaṇabhūtāni) - having become moments, like moments

• यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - will go, will pass

• शतशस् (śataśas) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, thereafter, otherwise

• अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way, differently

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, cloud

सहितस्य (sahitasya) - of one who is accompanied, accompanied

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, together with, endured

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sah (to bear, endure) with suffix -ta, or from sa (with) + hita (placed). Here, 'accompanied'.

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Refers to the speaker (Lakshmana), implying 'of me, who is accompanied by you'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

क्षणभूतानि (kṣaṇabhūtāni) - having become moments, like moments

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kṣaṇabhūta

kṣaṇabhūta - that which has become moments; momentary

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣaṇa+bhūta)

• kṣaṇa – moment, instant, short time
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, past, being, creature
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root bhū (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

यास्यन्ति (yāsyanti) - will go, will pass

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

शतशस् (śataśas) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(indeclinable)

Derived from śata (hundred) with the suffix -śas indicating distribution or measure.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, then, thereafter, otherwise

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad (that) with suffix -tas.

अन्यथा (anyathā) - otherwise, in another way, differently

(indeclinable)

Derived from anya (other) with suffix -thā.

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