वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-43, verse-34

पिबामि वा विषं तीक्ष्णं प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम् ।
न त्वहं राघवादन्यं पदापि पुरुषं स्पृशे ॥३४॥

34. pibāmi vā viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam ,
na tvahaṃ rāghavādanyaṃ padāpi puruṣaṃ spṛśe.

34. pibāmi vā viṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam na
tu aham rāghavāt anyam padā api puruṣaṃ spṛśe

34. vā tīkṣṇaṃ viṣaṃ pibāmi vā hutāśanam pravekṣyāmi
tu aham rāghavāt anyam puruṣaṃ padā api na spṛśe

34. “Alternatively, I shall drink potent poison or enter a fire. But I will not touch any man, other than Raghava (Rama), not even with my foot.”

Words meanings summery:

• पिबामि (pibāmi) - I drink, I shall drink

• वा (vā) - or

• विषं (viṣaṁ) - poison

• तीक्ष्णं (tīkṣṇaṁ) - sharp, potent, fierce

• प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I shall enter

• हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - fire, sacrificial fire

• न (na) - not

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• अहम् (aham) - Sita (I)

• राघवात् (rāghavāt) - other than Rama (from Raghava, other than Raghava)

• अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another

• पदा (padā) - by foot, with foot

• अपि (api) - even, also

• पुरुषं (puruṣaṁ) - man, male person

• स्पृशे (spṛśe) - I would touch

Words meanings and morphology

पिबामि (pibāmi) - I drink, I shall drink

(verb)

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

Present (Laṭ)

Root √pā (to drink)

Root: pā (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

विषं (viṣaṁ) - poison

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison, venom

Note: Object of 'pibāmi'.

तीक्ष्णं (tīkṣṇaṁ) - sharp, potent, fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, pungent, fierce, potent

Root: tij (class 6)

प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I shall enter

(verb)

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

Future (Lṛṭ)

Prefix pra + root √viś (to enter)

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

हुताशनम् (hutāśanam) - fire, sacrificial fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire (lit. 'eating what is offered'), Agni

From huta (offered) + aśana (eating). One who eats the offerings.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √hu (to sacrifice, offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)
  From root √aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Object of 'pravekṣyāmi'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - Sita (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

राघवात् (rāghavāt) - other than Rama (from Raghava, other than Raghava)

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, Rama

Note: Used with 'anyam' to mean 'other than'.

अन्यम् (anyam) - other, another

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Demonstrative pronoun functioning as adjective.

पदा (padā) - by foot, with foot

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of pad

pad - foot, step

Root: pad (class 4)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

पुरुषं (puruṣaṁ) - man, male person

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person, human being, individual (puruṣa)

Root: pṛ (class 3)

स्पृशे (spṛśe) - I would touch

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of spṛś

Optative (Liṅ)

Root √spṛś (to touch)

Root: spṛś (class 6)

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