वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-63, verse-14

यामोषधिमिवायुष्मन्नन्वेषसि महावने ।
सा देवी मम च प्राणा रावणेनोभयं हृतम् ॥१४॥

14. yāmoṣadhimivāyuṣmannanveṣasi mahāvane ,
sā devī mama ca prāṇā rāvaṇenobhayaṃ hṛtam.

14. yām oṣadhim iva āyuṣman anveṣasi mahāvane sā
devī mama ca prāṇāḥ rāvaṇena ubhayam hṛtam

14. āyuṣman mahāvane yām oṣadhim iva anveṣasi sā
devī ca mama prāṇāḥ ubhayam rāvaṇena hṛtam

14. O long-lived one, she whom you are searching for in this great forest as if she were a medicinal herb, that very goddess (Sītā) and my life — both have been carried away by Rāvaṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• याम् (yām) - Sītā (whom (accusative singular feminine))

• ओषधिम् (oṣadhim) - medicinal herb, plant (accusative singular feminine)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• आयुष्मन् (āyuṣman) - addressing Rama (O long-lived one (vocative singular masculine))

• अन्वेषसि (anveṣasi) - you search, you seek (present active second person singular)

• महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest (locative singular neuter)

• सा (sā) - Sītā (that, she (nominative singular feminine))

• देवी (devī) - Princess Sītā (goddess, queen (nominative singular feminine))

• मम (mama) - of Jaṭāyu (my, of me (genitive singular))

• च (ca) - and

• प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - Jaṭāyu's life (life breaths, life, vital airs (nominative plural masculine))

• रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana (instrumental singular masculine)

• उभयम् (ubhayam) - both Sītā and his life (both, of both kinds (nominative/accusative singular neuter))

• हृतम् (hṛtam) - taken, carried away, stolen (nominative singular neuter)

Words meanings and morphology

याम् (yām) - Sītā (whom (accusative singular feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to Sītā

ओषधिम् (oṣadhim) - medicinal herb, plant (accusative singular feminine)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of oṣadhi

oṣadhi - medicinal herb, plant

Note: Object of comparison with "iva"

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

आयुष्मन् (āyuṣman) - addressing Rama (O long-lived one (vocative singular masculine))

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of āyuṣmat

āyuṣmat - long-lived, possessing long life

from āyus (life) + suffix -mat

अन्वेषसि (anveṣasi) - you search, you seek (present active second person singular)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anveṣ

Present Active Second Person Singular

from prefix anu- + root iṣ (to seek/desire) with vṛddhi

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest (locative singular neuter)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - great forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)

सा (sā) - Sītā (that, she (nominative singular feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Sītā

देवी (devī) - Princess Sītā (goddess, queen (nominative singular feminine))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman, queen, princess

Note: Another reference to Sītā

मम (mama) - of Jaṭāyu (my, of me (genitive singular))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects "devī" and "prāṇāḥ"

प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - Jaṭāyu's life (life breaths, life, vital airs (nominative plural masculine))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Ravana (instrumental singular masculine)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (proper name, king of Lanka)

Note: Agent of "hṛtam"

उभयम् (ubhayam) - both Sītā and his life (both, of both kinds (nominative/accusative singular neuter))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ubhaya

ubhaya - both

Note: Refers to "sā devī ca mama prāṇāḥ"

हृतम् (hṛtam) - taken, carried away, stolen (nominative singular neuter)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hṛta

hṛta - taken, carried off, stolen

Past Passive Participle

from root hṛ (to seize, carry off) + suffix -kta

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Verb in passive voice, neuter singular agreeing with "ubhayam"

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