वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-48, verse-29

प्रविविक्तमहं मन्ये तं वासं भवतः सुखम् ।
इह वा वनवासाय वस राम मया सह ॥२९॥

29. praviviktamahaṃ manye taṃ vāsaṃ bhavataḥ sukham ,
iha vā vanavāsāya vasa rāma mayā saha.

29. praviviktam aham manye tam vāsam bhavataḥ
sukham iha vā vanavāsāya vasa rāma mayā saha

29. aham tam praviviktam vāsam bhavataḥ sukham manye.
vā rāma,
vanavāsāya mayā saha iha vasa

29. I consider that secluded dwelling to be pleasant for you. Alternatively, O Rama, stay here with me for your period of forest-dwelling.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रविविक्तम् (praviviktam) - secluded, solitary, pure

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider

• तम् (tam) - that

• वासम् (vāsam) - dwelling, residence

• भवतः (bhavataḥ) - for you, of you

• सुखम् (sukham) - pleasant, comfortable, happiness

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• वा (vā) - or

• वनवासाय (vanavāsāya) - for forest-dwelling, for exile in the forest

• वस (vasa) - dwell! reside!

• राम (rāma) - O Rama!

• मया (mayā) - with me

• सह (saha) - with, together with

Words meanings and morphology

प्रविविक्तम् (praviviktam) - secluded, solitary, pure

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pravivikta

vivic - to separate, to discriminate, to be solitary

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vic with prefixes pra- and vi-.

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: vic (class 7)

Note: Predicate accusative modifying 'vāsam'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, modifying 'vāsam'.

वासम् (vāsam) - dwelling, residence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsa

vāsa - dwelling, abode, residence, garment

Note: Object of 'manye'.

भवतः (bhavataḥ) - for you, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

Present Active Participle (when from bhū)

Note: Used here as a dative equivalent, 'for you'.

सुखम् (sukham) - pleasant, comfortable, happiness

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, joy, pleasure, comfort, pleasant, happy

Note: Predicate accusative modifying 'vāsam'.

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

वनवासाय (vanavāsāya) - for forest-dwelling, for exile in the forest

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vanavāsa

vanavāsa - dwelling in a forest, forest-life, exile in the forest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+vāsa)

• vana – forest, wood, grove, water
  noun (neuter)
• vāsa – dwelling, abode, residence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Indicates purpose.

वस (vasa) - dwell! reside!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

राम (rāma) - O Rama!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a prominent deity in Hinduism, hero of the Ramayana)

मया (mayā) - with me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs the instrumental case.

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