वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-46, verse-73

गवां शतसहस्राणि वस्त्राण्यन्नं च पेशलम् ।
ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदास्यामि तव प्रियचिकीर्षया ॥७३॥

73. gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi vastrāṇyannaṃ ca peśalam ,
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāsyāmi tava priyacikīrṣayā.

73. gavām śatasahasrāṇi vastrāṇi annam ca peśalam
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāsyāmi tava priyacikīrṣayā

73. tava priyacikīrṣayā (aham) brāhmaṇebhyaḥ gavām
śatasahasrāṇi vastrāṇi ca peśalam annam pradāsyāmi

73. I will give hundreds of thousands of cows, clothes, and excellent food to Brahmins, driven by the desire to do what is pleasing to you.

Words meanings summery:

• गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

• शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands, lakhs

• वस्त्राणि (vastrāṇi) - clothes, garments

• अन्नम् (annam) - food, rice, sustenance

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• पेशलम् (peśalam) - excellent, fine, beautiful, soft

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to Brahmins, for Brahmins

• प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I will give, I will grant

• तव (tava) - your (Ganga's) (your)

• प्रियचिकीर्षया (priyacikīrṣayā) - out of my desire to please you (Ganga) (with the desire to do what is pleasing, out of a wish to please)

Words meanings and morphology

गवाम् (gavām) - of cows

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox; earth; ray of light

शतसहस्राणि (śatasahasrāṇi) - hundreds of thousands, lakhs

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śatasahasra

śatasahasra - a hundred thousand, a lakh

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+sahasra)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

वस्त्राणि (vastrāṇi) - clothes, garments

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vastra

vastra - cloth, garment, raiment

अन्नम् (annam) - food, rice, sustenance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anna

anna - food, boiled rice, grain

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √ad (to eat)

Root: ad (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

पेशलम् (peśalam) - excellent, fine, beautiful, soft

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of peśala

peśala - beautiful, charming, elegant; soft, tender; skillful, clever

Note: Agrees with 'annam'.

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः (brāhmaṇebhyaḥ) - to Brahmins, for Brahmins

(noun)

Dative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin (member of the priestly class), relating to Brahma (brahman)

प्रदास्यामि (pradāsyāmi) - I will give, I will grant

(verb)

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

Derived from root √dā (to give) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

तव (tava) - your (Ganga's) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

प्रियचिकीर्षया (priyacikīrṣayā) - out of my desire to please you (Ganga) (with the desire to do what is pleasing, out of a wish to please)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of priyacikīrṣā

priyacikīrṣā - desire to do what is pleasing, wish to please

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (priya+cikīrṣā)

• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable
  adjective (neuter)
• cikīrṣā – desire to do, intention to act
  noun (feminine)
  Desiderative noun
  Derived from desiderative stem of √kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

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