वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-71, verse-17

पितरि स्वर्गमापन्ने रामे चारण्यमाश्रिते ।
किं मे जीवित सामर्थ्यं प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम् ॥१७॥

17. pitari svargamāpanne rāme cāraṇyamāśrite ,
kiṃ me jīvita sāmarthyaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam.

17. pitari svargam āpanne rāme ca araṇyam āśrite
kim me jīvita sāmarthyam pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam

17. pitari svargam āpanne rāme ca araṇyam āśrite
me jīvita sāmarthyam kim hutāśanam pravekṣyāmi

17. With my father having attained heaven and Rama having resorted to the forest, what power or purpose does life hold for me? I will enter the fire.

Words meanings summery:

• पितरि (pitari) - when the father (locative absolute) (in the father, to the father)

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven (heaven, celestial abode)

• आपन्ने (āpanne) - having attained (the father) (having obtained, reached, attained)

• रामे (rāme) - when Rama (locative absolute) (in Rama, to Rama)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - the forest (forest, wilderness, jungle)

• आश्रिते (āśrite) - having resorted to (Rama) (having resorted to, taken refuge in)

• किम् (kim) - what purpose (what, why, how, whether)

• मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

• जीवित (jīvita) - life (life, living, livelihood)

• सामर्थ्यम् (sāmarthyam) - purpose, capability (power, capability, strength, purpose)

• प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I will enter, I shall go into

• हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - the fire (fire, Agni (god of fire))

Words meanings and morphology

पितरि (pitari) - when the father (locative absolute) (in the father, to the father)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven (heaven, celestial abode)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise, celestial abode

आपन्ने (āpanne) - having attained (the father) (having obtained, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āpanna

āpanna - attained, obtained, fallen into, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √pad with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

रामे (rāme) - when Rama (locative absolute) (in Rama, to Rama)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a Hindu deity, prince of Ayodhya)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - the forest (forest, wilderness, jungle)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, jungle

आश्रिते (āśrite) - having resorted to (Rama) (having resorted to, taken refuge in)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, taken refuge with, dependent on

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śri with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what purpose (what, why, how, whether)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

मे (me) - for me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Here functioning as dative for 'for me' or genitive 'my'.

जीवित (jīvita) - life (life, living, livelihood)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, living

Note: Functions as a noun modifying 'sāmarthyam' or as part of a compound 'jīvita-sāmarthyam'.

सामर्थ्यम् (sāmarthyam) - purpose, capability (power, capability, strength, purpose)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sāmarthya

sāmarthya - power, strength, ability, capability

प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I will enter, I shall go into

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √viś

Future Active

First person singular, future tense, active voice

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - the fire (fire, Agni (god of fire))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, Agni

Literally 'eater of oblations'