वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-97, verse-23

चतुर्दश समाः सौम्य दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः ।
उपभोक्ष्ये त्वहं दत्तं भागं पित्रा महात्मना ॥२३॥

23. caturdaśa samāḥ saumya daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ ,
upabhokṣye tvahaṃ dattaṃ bhāgaṃ pitrā mahātmanā.

23. caturdaśa samāḥ saumya daṇḍakāraṇyam āśritaḥ
upabhokṣye tu aham dattam bhāgam pitrā mahātmanā

23. O gentle one, having taken refuge in the Daṇḍaka forest for fourteen years, I shall indeed enjoy the share given by my great-souled father.

Words meanings summery:

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (vocative) (gentle, mild, benevolent, O gentle one)

• दण्डकारण्यम् (daṇḍakāraṇyam) - Daṇḍaka forest

• आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - having taken refuge in (resorted to, dependent on, having taken refuge)

• उपभोक्ष्ये (upabhokṣye) - I shall enjoy

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, however, indeed)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• दत्तम् (dattam) - the given (share) (given)

• भागम् (bhāgam) - share, portion

• पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by my great-souled father (by the great-souled one)

Words meanings and morphology

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'samāḥ'.

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year

Note: Denotes duration of time.

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (vocative) (gentle, mild, benevolent, O gentle one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, benevolent, lunar

दण्डकारण्यम् (daṇḍakāraṇyam) - Daṇḍaka forest

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of daṇḍakāraṇya

daṇḍakāraṇya - Daṇḍaka forest (a specific forest)

Compound type : tatpurusha (daṇḍaka+araṇya)

• daṇḍaka – Daṇḍaka (name of a forest/region)
  proper noun (neuter)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

आश्रितः (āśritaḥ) - having taken refuge in (resorted to, dependent on, having taken refuge)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, taken refuge in

Past Passive Participle

from ā- + śri (to resort to, depend on)

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

उपभोक्ष्ये (upabhokṣye) - I shall enjoy

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of upabhuj

from upa- + bhuj (to enjoy)

Prefix: upa

Root: bhuj (class 7)

तु (tu) - indeed (emphatic) (but, however, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

दत्तम् (dattam) - the given (share) (given)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of datta

datta - given, presented

Past Passive Participle

from root dā (to give)

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'bhāgam'.

भागम् (bhāgam) - share, portion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāga

bhāga - share, portion, division

पित्रा (pitrā) - by the father

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by my great-souled father (by the great-souled one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

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