वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-56, verse-6

कच्चिज्जीवति वैदेही प्राणैः प्रियतरा मम ।
कच्चित् प्रव्राजनं सौम्य न मे मिथ्या भविष्यति ॥६॥

6. kaccijjīvati vaidehī prāṇaiḥ priyatarā mama ,
kaccit pravrājanaṃ saumya na me mithyā bhaviṣyati.

6. kaccit jīvati vaidehī prāṇaiḥ priyatarā mama |
kaccit pravrājanam saumya na me mithyā bhaviṣyati

6. kaccit vaidehī mama prāṇaiḥ priyatarā jīvati
kaccit saumya me pravrājanam mithyā na bhaviṣyati

6. I hope Vaidehi, who is dearer to me than my very life, is still alive. And I hope, O gentle one, that my exile (pravrājanam) will not prove to be in vain.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (I hope that, is it true that, perhaps)

• जीवति (jīvati) - is alive (lives, is alive)

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā (daughter of Videha (Janaka), Sītā)

• प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than life (used in comparison with priyatarā) (by lives, by breaths, than life)

• प्रियतरा (priyatarā) - dearer (to me) (dearer, more beloved)

• मम (mama) - my, to me

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (I hope that, is it true that, perhaps)

• प्रव्राजनम् (pravrājanam) - exile (exile, banishment, wandering forth)

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (referring to Lakshmana) (O gentle one, O son of Sumitrā)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

• मिथ्या (mithyā) - in vain (falsely, wrongly, in vain, untrue)

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will prove to be (will be, will happen)

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (I hope that, is it true that, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often indicates anxious hope or a question expecting an affirmative answer.

जीवति (jīvati) - is alive (lives, is alive)

(verb)

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

Root: jīv (class 1)

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā (daughter of Videha (Janaka), Sītā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha, Sītā

Feminine form of Vaideha, referring to the kingdom of Videha ruled by Janaka.

Note: Another name for Sītā.

प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than life (used in comparison with priyatarā) (by lives, by breaths, than life)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, vitality

From pra (forth, forward) + an (to breathe)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Instrumental case used for comparison, 'more beloved *by* life' meaning 'more beloved *than* life'.

प्रियतरा (priyatarā) - dearer (to me) (dearer, more beloved)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of priyatara

priyatara - dearer, more beloved (comparative degree)

Comparative suffix -tara added to priya (dear, beloved).

Note: Feminine nominative singular, qualifying Vaidehī.

मम (mama) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Can also be dative singular.

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope that (I hope that, is it true that, perhaps)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often indicates anxious hope or a question expecting an affirmative answer.

प्रव्राजनम् (pravrājanam) - exile (exile, banishment, wandering forth)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pravrājana

pravrājana - exile, banishment, wandering forth, sending into exile

action noun

From pra (forth) + vraj (to go, wander).

Prefix: pra

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative singular.

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (referring to Lakshmana) (O gentle one, O son of Sumitrā)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, auspicious, calm, benevolent, relating to the moon or Soma; a son of Sumitrā (Lakṣmaṇa, Śatrughna)

Derived from soma (moon, Soma plant) or sumitrā (mother of Lakshmana).

Note: Here used in the vocative to address Lakshmana, fitting the context of Rama speaking to him.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Pronominal form for 'my' or 'to me'. Can be genitive or dative.

मिथ्या (mithyā) - in vain (falsely, wrongly, in vain, untrue)

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will prove to be (will be, will happen)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)