वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-37, verse-14

शरेण मुक्तो रामस्य कथं चित् प्राप्य जीवितम् ।
इह प्रव्राजितो युक्तस्तापसो ऽहं समाहितः ॥१४॥

14. śareṇa mukto rāmasya kathaṃ cit prāpya jīvitam ,
iha pravrājito yuktastāpaso'haṃ samāhitaḥ.

14. śareṇa muktaḥ rāmasya katham cit prāpya jīvitam
iha pravrājitaḥ yuktaḥ tāpasaḥ aham samāhitaḥ

14. rāmasya śareṇa muktaḥ katham cit jīvitam prāpya
aham iha pravrājitaḥ yuktaḥ tāpasaḥ samāhitaḥ

14. Having somehow saved my life after being struck by Rama's arrow, I am now living here as an exiled and disciplined ascetic (tapas), deeply composed.

Words meanings summery:

• शरेण (śareṇa) - by the arrow

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - freed, released

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• चित् (cit) - even, indeed, some (particle to express indefiniteness or emphasis)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having gained

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• प्रव्राजितः (pravrājitaḥ) - exiled, wandered forth, become an ascetic

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - disciplined, concentrated, yoked, engaged

• तापसः (tāpasaḥ) - an ascetic (tapas) (ascetic, one who performs austerities)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - composed, concentrated, absorbed

Words meanings and morphology

शरेण (śareṇa) - by the arrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - freed, released

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - released, freed, shot

Past Passive Participle

Root: muc (class 6)

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper noun)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - even, indeed, some (particle to express indefiniteness or emphasis)

(indeclinable)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having gained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, vitality

Past Passive Participle

Used as a noun

Root: jīv (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

प्रव्राजितः (pravrājitaḥ) - exiled, wandered forth, become an ascetic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravrājita

pravrājita - gone forth, exiled, an ascetic

Past Passive Participle

from pra-vraj

Prefix: pra

Root: vraj (class 1)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - disciplined, concentrated, yoked, engaged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, yoked, engaged, disciplined

Past Passive Participle

Root: yuj (class 7)

तापसः (tāpasaḥ) - an ascetic (tapas) (ascetic, one who performs austerities)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāpasa

tāpasa - an ascetic, belonging to tapas (austerity)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - composed, concentrated, absorbed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāhita

samāhita - concentrated, composed, absorbed, collected

Past Passive Participle

from sam-ā-dhā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

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