वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-14, verse-4

रमते यत्र वैदेही त्वमहं चैव लक्ष्मण ।
तादृशो दृश्यतां देशः संनिकृष्टजलाशयः ॥४॥

4. ramate yatra vaidehī tvamahaṃ caiva lakṣmaṇa ,
tādṛśo dṛśyatāṃ deśaḥ saṃnikṛṣṭajalāśayaḥ.

4. ramate yatra vaidehī tvam aham ca eva lakṣmaṇa
| tādṛśaḥ dṛśyatām deśaḥ saṃnikṛṣṭa-jalāśayaḥ

4. he lakṣmaṇa yatra vaidehī tvam aham ca eva ramate
tādṛśaḥ saṃnikṛṣṭa-jalāśayaḥ deśaḥ dṛśyatām

4. Lakshmana, may a region be found where Vaidehī (Sita), you, and I can dwell pleasantly, a place near a body of water.

Words meanings summery:

• रमते (ramate) - enjoys, delights, dwells pleasantly

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita (daughter of Videha)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अहम् (aham) - I

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakshmana (vocative)

• तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - such, of that kind

• दृश्यताम् (dṛśyatām) - let it be seen, may it be found

• देशः (deśaḥ) - region, place

• संनिकृष्ट-जलाशयः (saṁnikṛṣṭa-jalāśayaḥ) - having a nearby body of water, near a lake/pond

Words meanings and morphology

रमते (ramate) - enjoys, delights, dwells pleasantly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of ram

present indicative

Root ram, present indicative, 3rd pers. sing., middle voice

Root: ram (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

From relative pronoun yad + suffix -tra

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita (daughter of Videha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Sita, daughter of the king of Videha

Female derivative of Videha

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - Lakshmana (vocative)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (name of Rama's brother)

तादृशः (tādṛśaḥ) - such, of that kind

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tādṛśa

tādṛśa - such, of that kind, similar

दृश्यताम् (dṛśyatām) - let it be seen, may it be found

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of dṛś

passive imperative

Root dṛś, passive (ya) imperative (tām) 3rd pers. sing.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

देशः (deśaḥ) - region, place

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - country, region, place, spot

संनिकृष्ट-जलाशयः (saṁnikṛṣṭa-jalāśayaḥ) - having a nearby body of water, near a lake/pond

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃnikṛṣṭa-jalāśaya

saṁnikṛṣṭa-jalāśaya - near a body of water

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃnikṛṣṭa+jalāśaya)

• saṃnikṛṣṭa – near, close, proximate
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefixes sam + ni + root kṛṣ (to pull, draw)
  Prefixes: sam+ni
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)
• jalāśaya – body of water, reservoir, lake, pond
  noun (masculine)
  From jala (water) + āśaya (receptacle)

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