वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-17, verse-16

अद्येमां भक्षयिष्यामि पश्यतस्तव मानुषीम् ।
त्वया सह चरिष्यामि निःसपत्ना यथासुखम् ॥१६॥

16. adyemāṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi paśyatastava mānuṣīm ,
tvayā saha cariṣyāmi niḥsapatnā yathāsukham.

16. adya imām bhakṣayiṣyāmi paśyataḥ tava mānuṣīm
tvayā saha cariṣyāmi niḥsapatnā yathāsukham

16. adya tava paśyataḥ imām mānuṣīm bhakṣayiṣyāmi
niḥsapatnā tvayā saha yathāsukham cariṣyāmi

16. Today, I will devour this human (woman) in your sight. Then, free from rivals, I will enjoy roaming with you as I please.

Words meanings summery:

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• इमाम् (imām) - referring to Sita (this (feminine singular))

• भक्षयिष्यामि (bhakṣayiṣyāmi) - I will devour, I will eat

• पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching, in the presence of (as you watch) (seeing, watching (genitive singular))

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• मानुषीम् (mānuṣīm) - human (feminine), a human woman

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you, with you

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• चरिष्यामि (cariṣyāmi) - I will enjoy roaming (I will wander, I will roam, I will move about)

• निःसपत्ना (niḥsapatnā) - without a rival, having no co-wife, rival-free

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as I please, happily (as happily as possible, according to pleasure, comfortably)

Words meanings and morphology

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

इमाम् (imām) - referring to Sita (this (feminine singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, she, it

Note: Modifying 'mānuṣīm'

भक्षयिष्यामि (bhakṣayiṣyāmi) - I will devour, I will eat

(verb)

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

Causative/Denominative

Derived from root bhakṣ (to eat) or a causative of bhaj (to divide) but usually treated as a primary root of class 10

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching, in the presence of (as you watch) (seeing, watching (genitive singular))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, looking, observing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see), with 'paśya' as the present stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Present active participle, forming a genitive absolute with 'tava' (your/you)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun, forming a genitive absolute with 'paśyataḥ'

मानुषीम् (mānuṣīm) - human (feminine), a human woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mānuṣī

mānuṣī - human (woman), a female human being

Derived from manuṣya (human) with feminine suffix -ī

Note: Object of 'bhakṣayiṣyāmi', referring to Sita

त्वया (tvayā) - by you, with you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yusmad

yusmad - you

Note: Used with 'saha' to indicate accompaniment

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

चरिष्यामि (cariṣyāmi) - I will enjoy roaming (I will wander, I will roam, I will move about)

(verb)

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

Root verb

Root: car (class 1)

निःसपत्ना (niḥsapatnā) - without a rival, having no co-wife, rival-free

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niḥsapatnā

niḥsapatnā - without a rival, having no co-wife

Compound word, Bahuvrihi (nis + sapatnī)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+sapatnī)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating absence or negation
• sapatnī – co-wife, female rival
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from 'sapatna' (rival) with feminine suffix

Note: Compound adjective, describing the speaker (Shurpanakha)

यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as I please, happily (as happily as possible, according to pleasure, comfortably)

(indeclinable)

Compound word, Avyayībhāva

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sukha)

• yathā – as, according to, in such a manner
  indeclinable
• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial compound, modifying 'cariṣyāmi'

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