वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-82, verse-23

अद्य प्रभृति भूमौ तु शयिष्ये ऽहं तृणेषु वा ।
फलमूलाशनो नित्यं जटाचीराणि धारयन् ॥२३॥

23. adya prabhṛti bhūmau tu śayiṣye'haṃ tṛṇeṣu vā ,
phalamūlāśano nityaṃ jaṭācīrāṇi dhārayan.

23. adya prabhṛti bhūmau tu śayiṣye aham tṛṇeṣu
vā phalamūlāśanaḥ nityam jaṭācīrāṇi dhārayan

23. adya prabhṛti aham bhūmau vā tṛṇeṣu tu śayiṣye
phalamūlāśanaḥ nityam jaṭācīrāṇi dhārayan

23. From today onwards, I shall indeed sleep on the ground or on grass, constantly subsisting on fruits and roots, and wearing matted hair and bark garments.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, beginning with, since

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

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• शयिष्ये (śayiṣye) - I shall lie down, I shall sleep

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तृणेषु (tṛṇeṣu) - on grasses, among grasses

• वा (vā) - or, either

• फलमूलाशनः (phalamūlāśanaḥ) - eating fruits and roots, subsisting on fruits and roots

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• जटाचीराणि (jaṭācīrāṇi) - matted hair and bark garments

• धारयन् (dhārayan) - wearing, bearing, carrying

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

प्रभृति (prabhṛti) - from, beginning with, since

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

शयिष्ये (śayiṣye) - I shall lie down, I shall sleep

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future indicative (lṛṭ) of śī

future indicative

Root verb, class 2, future tense, middle voice, 1st person singular

Root: śī (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

तृणेषु (tṛṇeṣu) - on grasses, among grasses

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw, blade of grass

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

फलमूलाशनः (phalamūlāśanaḥ) - eating fruits and roots, subsisting on fruits and roots

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phalamūlāśana

phalamūlāśana - eating fruits and roots

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (phala+mūla+āśana)

• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)
• mūla – root, origin, basis
  noun (neuter)
• āśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun from √aś 'to eat'
  Root: aś (class 5)

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

जटाचीराणि (jaṭācīrāṇi) - matted hair and bark garments

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of jaṭācīra

jaṭācīra - matted hair and bark garments

Compound type : dvandva (jaṭā+cīra)

• jaṭā – matted hair, tangled hair
  noun (feminine)
• cīra – bark garment, strip of cloth
  noun (neuter)

धारयन् (dhārayan) - wearing, bearing, carrying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhārayat

dhārayat - wearing, bearing, holding

present active participle

Present active participle from causative of √dhṛ 'to hold, bear, wear'

Root: dhṛ (class 10)