वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-14, verse-5

वनरामण्यकं यत्र जलरामण्यकं तथा ।
संनिकृष्टं च यत्र स्यात् समित्पुष्पकुशोदकम् ॥५॥

5. vanarāmaṇyakaṃ yatra jalarāmaṇyakaṃ tathā ,
saṃnikṛṣṭaṃ ca yatra syāt samitpuṣpakuśodakam.

5. vana-rāmaṇyakam yatra jala-rāmaṇyakam tathā |
saṃnikṛṣṭam ca yatra syāt samit-puṣpa-kuśa-udakam

5. yatra vana-rāmaṇyakam tathā jala-rāmaṇyakam (syāt)
ca yatra samit-puṣpa-kuśa-udakam saṃnikṛṣṭam syāt

5. And where there is the beauty of the forest and the beauty of water, and where fuel (samit), flowers, kusha grass, and water are readily available.

Words meanings summery:

• वन-रामण्यकम् (vana-rāmaṇyakam) - the beauty of the forest

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• जल-रामण्यकम् (jala-rāmaṇyakam) - the beauty of water

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and also

• संनिकृष्टम् (saṁnikṛṣṭam) - near, proximate, easily accessible

• च (ca) - and

• यत्र (yatra) - where

• स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, let it be, should be

• समित्-पुष्प-कुश-उदकम् (samit-puṣpa-kuśa-udakam) - fuel-sticks, flowers, kusha grass, and water

Words meanings and morphology

वन-रामण्यकम् (vana-rāmaṇyakam) - the beauty of the forest

(noun)

neuter, singular of vana-rāmaṇyaka

vana-rāmaṇyaka - forest beauty, charming forest

Compound of vana (forest) and rāmaṇyaka (charm, beauty)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+rāmaṇyaka)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• rāmaṇyaka – beauty, charm, pleasantness
  noun (neuter)
  From root ram (to delight)
  Root: ram (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

From relative pronoun yad + suffix -tra

जल-रामण्यकम् (jala-rāmaṇyakam) - the beauty of water

(noun)

neuter, singular of jala-rāmaṇyaka

jala-rāmaṇyaka - water beauty, charming water

Compound of jala (water) and rāmaṇyaka (charm, beauty)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+rāmaṇyaka)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• rāmaṇyaka – beauty, charm, pleasantness
  noun (neuter)
  From root ram (to delight)
  Root: ram (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, and also

(indeclinable)

संनिकृष्टम् (saṁnikṛṣṭam) - near, proximate, easily accessible

(adjective)

neuter, singular of saṃnikṛṣṭa

saṁnikṛṣṭa - near, proximate, accessible, close at hand

Past Passive Participle

From prefixes sam + ni + root kṛṣ (to pull, draw)

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where

(indeclinable)

From relative pronoun yad + suffix -tra

स्यात् (syāt) - may it be, let it be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative

Root as, optative, 3rd pers. sing.

Root: as (class 2)

समित्-पुष्प-कुश-उदकम् (samit-puṣpa-kuśa-udakam) - fuel-sticks, flowers, kusha grass, and water

(noun)

neuter, singular of samit-puṣpa-kuśa-udaka

samit-puṣpa-kuśa-udaka - sacrificial fuel sticks, flowers, kusha grass, and water (collectively)

Dvandva compound

Compound type : dvandva (samit+puṣpa+kuśa+udaka)

• samit – sacrificial fuel-stick, firewood
  noun (feminine)
• puṣpa – flower, blossom
  noun (neuter)
• kuśa – kusha grass (Poa cynosuroides, sacred grass)
  noun (masculine)
• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)
  From root und (to wet)
  Root: und (class 7)

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