वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-6, verse-20

भवांस्तत्राभिषज्येत किं स्यात् कृच्छ्रतरं ततः ।
एतस्मिन्नाश्रमे वासं चिरं तु न समर्थये ॥२०॥

20. bhavāṃstatrābhiṣajyeta kiṃ syāt kṛcchrataraṃ tataḥ ,
etasminnāśrame vāsaṃ ciraṃ tu na samarthaye.

20. bhavān tatra abhiṣajyeta kim syāt kṛcchrataram
tataḥ etasmin āśrame vāsam ciram tu na samarthaye

20. tatra bhavān abhiṣajyeta (cet) tataḥ kṛcchrataram
kim syāt? tu etasmin āśrame ciram vāsam na samarthaye

20. If you were to suffer affliction there, what could be more grievous than that? Indeed, I cannot endure dwelling for long in this hermitage.

Words meanings summery:

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place/matter

• अभिषज्येत (abhiṣajyeta) - would be afflicted, would suffer, would be involved

• किम् (kim) - what

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

• कृच्छ्रतरम् (kṛcchrataram) - more difficult, more grievous

• ततः (tataḥ) - from that, than that, thereupon

• एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

• आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage

• वासम् (vāsam) - dwelling, residence

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• न (na) - not

• समर्थये (samarthaye) - I do not approve, I cannot endure, I do not consider proper

Words meanings and morphology

भवान् (bhavān) - you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), being, existing

Present active participle

From root bhū, present participle stem

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place/matter

(indeclinable)

अभिषज्येत (abhiṣajyeta) - would be afflicted, would suffer, would be involved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of abhiṣaj

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, middle voice

Prefix: abhi

Root: saj (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? which? how?

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, might be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

कृच्छ्रतरम् (kṛcchrataram) - more difficult, more grievous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛcchratara

kṛcchratara - more difficult, more painful, more grievous

Comparative degree of kṛcchra ('difficult')

ततः (tataḥ) - from that, than that, thereupon

(indeclinable)

एतस्मिन् (etasmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, abode, stage of life

वासम् (vāsam) - dwelling, residence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsa

vāsa - dwelling, residence, abode

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially (accusative singular neuter of cira)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

समर्थये (samarthaye) - I do not approve, I cannot endure, I do not consider proper

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of samarth

Present tense, 1st person singular, middle voice

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: arth (class 10)