वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-56, verse-9

प्रसीद शिरसा याचे भूमौ निततितास्मि ते ।
याचितास्मि हता देव हन्तव्याहं न हि त्वया ॥९॥

9. prasīda śirasā yāce bhūmau nitatitāsmi te ,
yācitāsmi hatā deva hantavyāhaṃ na hi tvayā.

9. prasīda śirasā yāce bhūmau nitatitā asmi te
yācitā asmi hatā deva hantavyā aham na hi tvayā

9. prasīda aham śirasā yāce bhūmau te nitatitā asmi
aham yācitā asmi hatā deva hi aham na tvayā hantavyā

9. I implore you, be gracious! With bowed head, I am prostrate on the ground before you. I have been forced to beg; I am undone, O Lord; surely, I should not be killed by you.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रसीद (prasīda) - be gracious (be gracious, be pleased, be propitious)

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with my head (bowed) (with the head, by means of the head)

• याचे (yāce) - I beg (I beg, I ask for, I supplicate)

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

• निततिता (nitatitā) - prostrated (prostrated, stretched down)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• ते (te) - before you (to you, of you, for you)

• याचिता (yācitā) - (I am) forced to beg/implore (implying humiliation) (begged, implored, asked, solicited)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• हता (hatā) - ruined, undone (as good as dead) (killed, struck, ruined, destroyed)

• देव (deva) - O Lord (referring to Dasharatha) (god, lord, king)

• हन्तव्या (hantavyā) - to be killed (to be killed, fit to be killed)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not (not, no)

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

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

प्रसीद (prasīda) - be gracious (be gracious, be pleased, be propitious)

(verb)

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

from pra + sīd (from sad, to sit)

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

शिरसा (śirasā) - with my head (bowed) (with the head, by means of the head)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top

याचे (yāce) - I beg (I beg, I ask for, I supplicate)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of yāc

Root: yāc (class 1)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

निततिता (nitatitā) - prostrated (prostrated, stretched down)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nitatita

nitatita - prostrated, stretched down, laid low

Past Passive Participle

from ni + tan (to stretch)

Prefix: ni

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Agrees with implied 'aham'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - before you (to you, of you, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Also can be genitive.

याचिता (yācitā) - (I am) forced to beg/implore (implying humiliation) (begged, implored, asked, solicited)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yācita

yācita - begged, implored, asked, solicited

Past Passive Participle

from root yāc (to beg)

Root: yāc (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'aham'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

हता (hatā) - ruined, undone (as good as dead) (killed, struck, ruined, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, ruined, destroyed, wounded

Past Passive Participle

from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implied 'aham'.

देव (deva) - O Lord (referring to Dasharatha) (god, lord, king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, lord, king

हन्तव्या (hantavyā) - to be killed (to be killed, fit to be killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hantavya

hantavya - to be killed, fit to be killed

gerundive

from root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with aham.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you