वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-16, verse-21

तानहं समतिक्रान्ता राम त्वापूर्वदर्शनात् ।
समुपेतास्मि भावेन भर्तारं पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
चिराय भव भर्ता मे सीतया किं करिष्यसि ॥२१॥

21. tānahaṃ samatikrāntā rāma tvāpūrvadarśanāt ,
samupetāsmi bhāvena bhartāraṃ puruṣottamam ,
cirāya bhava bhartā me sītayā kiṃ kariṣyasi.

21. tān ahaṃ samatikrāntā rāma tvā
apūrvadarśanāt samupetā asmi bhāvena
bhartāraṃ puruṣottamam cirāya
bhava bhartā me sītayā kiṃ kariṣyasi

21. rāma apūrvadarśanāt ahaṃ tān
samatikrāntā bhāvena tvā puruṣottamam
bhartāraṃ samupetā asmi cirāya me
bhartā bhava sītayā kiṃ kariṣyasi

21. O Rama, disregarding them (my brothers), and upon seeing you for the first time, I have come to you with affection, desiring you as my husband, the best among men (puruṣottama). Be my husband for a long time! What will you do with Sita?

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - them (masculine plural)

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I, me

• समतिक्रान्ता (samatikrāntā) - having disregarded, having surpassed, having gone beyond

• राम (rāma) - O Rama!

• त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative singular)

• अपूर्वदर्शनात् (apūrvadarśanāt) - from the first sight, upon seeing for the first time

• समुपेता (samupetā) - having approached, having arrived, having resorted to

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• भावेन (bhāvena) - with feeling, with affection, with intention

• भर्तारं (bhartāraṁ) - husband, supporter, maintainer

• पुरुषोत्तमम् (puruṣottamam) - the best among men, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

• चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time, for a prolonged period

• भव (bhava) - be, become

• भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, maintainer

• मे (me) - my, of me

• सीतया (sītayā) - with Sita

• किं (kiṁ) - what, why

• करिष्यसि (kariṣyasi) - you will do, you will make

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - them (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहं (ahaṁ) - I, me

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

समतिक्रान्ता (samatikrāntā) - having disregarded, having surpassed, having gone beyond

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samatikrānta

samatikrānta - surpassed, disregarded, overcome

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root 'kram' (to step, go) with upasargas 'sam' and 'ati'.

Prefixes: sam+ati

Root: kram (class 1)

राम (rāma) - O Rama!

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of the hero of Ramayana)

त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

अपूर्वदर्शनात् (apūrvadarśanāt) - from the first sight, upon seeing for the first time

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of apūrvadarśana

apūrvadarśana - first sight, unprecedented vision

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (apūrva+darśana)

• apūrva – unprecedented, new, not seen before
  adjective
  Negation of pūrva (a-pūrva)
• darśana – seeing, sight, perception
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  From root dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

समुपेता (samupetā) - having approached, having arrived, having resorted to

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samupeta

samupeta - approached, arrived, resorted to, furnished with

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root 'i' (to go) with upasargas 'sam' and 'upa'.

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: i (class 2)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

भावेन (bhāvena) - with feeling, with affection, with intention

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - state of being, condition, feeling, affection, intention

भर्तारं (bhartāraṁ) - husband, supporter, maintainer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, maintainer, lord

पुरुषोत्तमम् (puruṣottamam) - the best among men, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣottama

puruṣottama - the best among men, the supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+uttama)

• puruṣa – person, man, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective

चिराय (cirāya) - for a long time, for a prolonged period

(indeclinable)

Dative form of cira, used adverbially.

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

भर्ता (bhartā) - husband, maintainer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, maintainer, lord

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

सीतया (sītayā) - with Sita

(proper noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (wife of Rama)

किं (kiṁ) - what, why

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

Note: Often functions adverbially as 'what use?' or 'why?'

करिष्यसि (kariṣyasi) - you will do, you will make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

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