वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-95, verse-17

पुरा प्रेक्ष्य सुवृत्तं मां पिता यान्याह सान्त्वयन् ।
वाक्यानि तानि श्रोष्यामि कुतः कर्णसुखान्यहम् ॥१७॥

17. purā prekṣya suvṛttaṃ māṃ pitā yānyāha sāntvayan ,
vākyāni tāni śroṣyāmi kutaḥ karṇasukhānyaham.

17. purā prekṣya suvṛttam mām pitā yāni āha sāntvayan
vākyāni tāni śroṣyāmi kutaḥ karṇasukhāni aham

17. pitā purā suvṛttam mām prekṣya sāntvayan yāni karṇasukhāni vākyāni āha,
tāni aham kutaḥ śroṣyāmi

17. With father having passed on, where indeed can I now hear those comforting words (karṇasukhāni vākyāni) that he used to speak, consoling me when he saw my good conduct?

Words meanings summery:

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past, before

• प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, perceiving

• सुवृत्तम् (suvṛttam) - me, who was well-behaved (well-behaved, of good conduct)

• माम् (mām) - me

• पिता (pitā) - King Dasharatha (father)

• यानि (yāni) - which

• आह (āha) - he used to speak (implying habitual past action) (he said, he spoke)

• सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling, soothing

• वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - words, speeches, statements

• तानि (tāni) - those

• श्रोष्यामि (śroṣyāmi) - I will hear

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (rhetorical, implying 'not from anywhere') (from where? why?)

• कर्णसुखानि (karṇasukhāni) - comforting (words) (pleasing to the ear, sweet-sounding)

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past, before

(indeclinable)

प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, perceiving

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form from pra- (forth, before) + root īkṣ (to see)

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

सुवृत्तम् (suvṛttam) - me, who was well-behaved (well-behaved, of good conduct)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of suvṛtta

suvṛtta - well-behaved, of good conduct, virtuous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+vṛtta)

• su – good, well, excellent, easy
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating goodness or ease
• vṛtta – conduct, course, happened, behaved; a circle, metre
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛt (to be, to happen, to turn)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'mām'

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

Note: Object of 'prekṣya' and implied object of 'āha'

पिता (pitā) - King Dasharatha (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Subject of 'āha'

यानि (yāni) - which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'vākyāni'

आह (āha) - he used to speak (implying habitual past action) (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of ah

Perfect tense, defective verb

Root: ah (class 2)

सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - consoling, soothing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāntvayat

sāntvayat - consoling, soothing, appeasing, pacifying

Present Active Participle

From root sāntv (to console), derived from santv (to soothe)

Root: sāntv (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'pitā'

वाक्यानि (vākyāni) - words, speeches, statements

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Note: Object of 'śroṣyāmi' and implied object of 'āha'

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Agrees with 'vākyāni'

श्रोष्यामि (śroṣyāmi) - I will hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where (rhetorical, implying 'not from anywhere') (from where? why?)

(indeclinable)

कर्णसुखानि (karṇasukhāni) - comforting (words) (pleasing to the ear, sweet-sounding)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of karṇasukha

karṇasukha - pleasing to the ear, sweet-sounding

Compound type : tatpurusha (karṇa+sukha)

• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)
• sukha – happiness, pleasure, joy; pleasant, happy
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'vākyāni'

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'śroṣyāmi'