वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-45, verse-36

अक्षिसूच्या प्रमृजसि जिह्वया लेढि च क्षुरम् ।
राघवस्य प्रियां भार्यामधिगन्तुं त्वमिच्छसि ॥३६॥

36. akṣisūcyā pramṛjasi jihvayā leḍhi ca kṣuram ,
rāghavasya priyāṃ bhāryāmadhigantuṃ tvamicchasi.

36. akṣisūcyā pramṛjasi jihvayā leḍhi ca kṣuram |
rāghavasya priyām bhāryām adhigantum tvam icchasi

36. akṣisūcyā pramṛjasi jihvayā kṣuram ca leḍhi tvam
rāghavasya priyām bhāryām adhigantum icchasi

36. You try to rub (your eye) with an eye-needle and you lick a razor with your tongue. You wish to obtain the beloved wife of Rāghava (Rāma).

Words meanings summery:

• अक्षिसूच्या (akṣisūcyā) - with an eye-needle

• प्रमृजसि (pramṛjasi) - You try to rub (your eye) (you rub, you clean, you wipe)

• जिह्वया (jihvayā) - with the tongue

• लेढि (leḍhi) - you lick

• च (ca) - and, also

• क्षुरम् (kṣuram) - a razor, a knife

• राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāghava, of Rāma

• प्रियाम् (priyām) - beloved, dear

• भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

• अधिगन्तुम् (adhigantum) - to obtain, to acquire

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

Words meanings and morphology

अक्षिसूच्या (akṣisūcyā) - with an eye-needle

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of akṣisūcī

akṣisūcī - eye-needle, a surgical instrument for the eye

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣi+sūcī)

• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)
• sūcī – needle, pin, bodkin
  noun (feminine)

प्रमृजसि (pramṛjasi) - You try to rub (your eye) (you rub, you clean, you wipe)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of mṛj

Prefix: pra

Root: mṛj (class 2)

जिह्वया (jihvayā) - with the tongue

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jihvā

jihvā - tongue, speech

लेढि (leḍhi) - you lick

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of lih

Root: lih (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

क्षुरम् (kṣuram) - a razor, a knife

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣura

kṣura - razor, knife, blade

राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāghava, of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, an epithet of Rāma

प्रियाम् (priyām) - beloved, dear

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - dear, beloved (feminine form of priya)

भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, woman to be supported

Feminine of bhārya, which is a future passive participle (gerundive) of root √bhṛ

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

अधिगन्तुम् (adhigantum) - to obtain, to acquire

(verb)

infinitive of gam

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (second person pronoun)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

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