वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-37, verse-16

अपि रामसहस्राणि भीतः पश्यामि रावण ।
रामभूतमिदं सर्वमरण्यं प्रतिभाति मे ॥१६॥

16. api rāmasahasrāṇi bhītaḥ paśyāmi rāvaṇa ,
rāmabhūtamidaṃ sarvamaraṇyaṃ pratibhāti me.

16. api rāmasahasrāṇi bhītaḥ paśyāmi rāvaṇa
rāmabhūtam idam sarvam araṇyam pratibhāti me

16. rāvaṇa api bhītaḥ rāmasahasrāṇi paśyāmi idam
sarvam araṇyam rāmabhūtam me pratibhāti

16. O Rāvaṇa, in my fear, I see thousands of Rāmas. This entire forest appears to me to be Rama (Rāma)-permeated.

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

• रामसहस्राणि (rāmasahasrāṇi) - thousands of Ramas

• भीतः (bhītaḥ) - terrified (frightened, terrified)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (I see, I look)

• रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa (O Ravana)

• रामभूतम् (rāmabhūtam) - Rama (Rāma)-permeated (become Rama, permeated by Rama)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire (all, entire, whole)

• अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - forest (forest, wilderness)

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears (appears, shines, occurs to)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

रामसहस्राणि (rāmasahasrāṇi) - thousands of Ramas

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of rāmasahasra

rāmasahasra - a thousand Ramas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+sahasra)

• rāma – Rama
  proper noun (masculine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

भीतः (bhītaḥ) - terrified (frightened, terrified)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīta

bhīta - frightened, scared, afraid

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root bhī (3rd class)

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: modifies implied 'I' (Ravana)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (I see, I look)

(verb)

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

present stem paśya

present stem of root dṛś (1st class, P-P)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रावण (rāvaṇa) - O Rāvaṇa (O Ravana)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (proper name of the demon king)

Note: Self-address by Ravana

रामभूतम् (rāmabhūtam) - Rama (Rāma)-permeated (become Rama, permeated by Rama)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rāmabhūta

rāmabhūta - become Rama, consisting of Rama, permeated by Rama

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāma+bhūta)

• rāma – Rama
  proper noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, been, existing
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root bhū (1st class)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: modifies araṇyam

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire (all, entire, whole)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

अरण्यम् (araṇyam) - forest (forest, wilderness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, jungle

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears (appears, shines, occurs to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratibhā

present tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

dative/genitive singular of 'I'

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