वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-69

चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि समग्राण्युष्य कानने ।
भ्रात्रा सह मया चैव पुनः प्रत्यागमिष्यति ॥६९॥

69. caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi samagrāṇyuṣya kānane ,
bhrātrā saha mayā caiva punaḥ pratyāgamiṣyati.

69. caturdaśa hi varṣāṇi samagrāṇi uṣya kānane
bhrātrā saha mayā ca eva punaḥ pratyāgamiṣyati

69. hi caturdaśa samagrāṇi varṣāṇi kānane uṣya
bhrātrā mayā ca saha eva punaḥ pratyāgamiṣyati

69. Indeed, after dwelling for fourteen full years in the forest with his brother and me, he will return again.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

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

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years (years, rainy seasons)

• समग्राणि (samagrāṇi) - full, complete (years) (full, complete, entire)

• उष्य (uṣya) - having dwelt (having dwelt, having stayed)

• कानने (kānane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the grove)

• भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - with (his) brother (Lakṣmaṇa) (by brother, with brother)

• सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

• मया (mayā) - with me (Sītā) (by me, with me)

• च (ca) - and

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

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, back)

• प्रत्यागमिष्यति (pratyāgamiṣyati) - he (Rama) will return (he will return, he will come back)

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Compound type : Dvigu (catur+daśa)

• catur – four
  numeral
• daśa – ten
  numeral

Note: Agrees with 'varṣāṇi'.

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

(indeclinable)

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years (years, rainy seasons)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rainy season, rain

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Duration of time, hence accusative.

समग्राणि (samagrāṇi) - full, complete (years) (full, complete, entire)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of samagra

samagra - whole, complete, all, entire

From prefix 'sam' + 'agra' (foremost, top).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sam+agra)

• sam – together, completely
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• agra – front, top, best, whole
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'varṣāṇi'.

उष्य (uṣya) - having dwelt (having dwelt, having stayed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'vas' (to dwell) which undergoes change to 'uṣ' in this form. Absolutive suffix '-ya' after prefixes, but here the root itself changes.

Root: vas (class 1)

कानने (kānane) - in the forest (in the forest, in the grove)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, garden

Note: Location of dwelling.

भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - with (his) brother (Lakṣmaṇa) (by brother, with brother)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Used with 'saha'.

सह (saha) - with (with, together with)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - with me (Sītā) (by me, with me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun.

Note: Used with 'saha'. Refers to Sītā.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, back)

(indeclinable)

प्रत्यागमिष्यति (pratyāgamiṣyati) - he (Rama) will return (he will return, he will come back)

(verb)

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

Future third person singular

From root 'gam' (to go) with prefixes 'prati' and 'ā'. Future stem 'gamiṣya'.

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject is implicit: Rama.

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