वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-17, verse-26

वयं वनचरा राम मृगा मूलफलाशनाः ।
एषा प्रकृतिरस्माकं पुरुषस्त्वं नरेश्वरः ॥२६॥

26. vayaṃ vanacarā rāma mṛgā mūlaphalāśanāḥ ,
eṣā prakṛtirasmākaṃ puruṣastvaṃ nareśvaraḥ.

26. vayam vanacarā rāma mṛgā mūlaphalāśanāḥ |
eṣā prakṛtiḥ asmākam puruṣaḥ tvam nareśvaraḥ

26. rāma vayam vanacarā mṛgā mūlaphalāśanāḥ eṣā
asmākam prakṛtiḥ tvam nareśvaraḥ puruṣaḥ

26. O Rama, we are forest-dwellers, animals (mṛga), whose food is roots and fruits. This is our intrinsic nature (prakṛti), while you are a king, the lord of men (puruṣa).

Words meanings summery:

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• वनचरा (vanacarā) - forest-dwellers

• राम (rāma) - O Rama

• मृगा (mṛgā) - deer, wild animals

• मूलफलाशनाः (mūlaphalāśanāḥ) - eaters of roots and fruits, subsisting on roots and fruits

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature, intrinsic nature, original substance

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

• पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, supreme being

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• नरेश्वरः (nareśvaraḥ) - lord of men, king

Words meanings and morphology

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of aham

aham - I

वनचरा (vanacarā) - forest-dwellers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanacara

vanacara - forest-dweller, animal living in the forest

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+cara)

• vana – forest
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, wandering
  adjective
  from root car- (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

राम (rāma) - O Rama

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper noun)

मृगा (mṛgā) - deer, wild animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

मूलफलाशनाः (mūlaphalāśanāḥ) - eaters of roots and fruits, subsisting on roots and fruits

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mūlaphalāśana

mūlaphalāśana - one who eats roots and fruits

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mūla+phala+āśana)

• mūla – root
  noun (neuter)
• phala – fruit
  noun (neuter)
• āśana – eating, food, eater
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root aś- (to eat) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Agrees with vayam, vanacarā, mṛgā.

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to prakṛtiḥ.

प्रकृतिः (prakṛtiḥ) - nature, intrinsic nature, original substance

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prakṛti

prakṛti - nature, original substance, constitution, fundamental disposition (prakṛti)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of aham

aham - I

पुरुषः (puruṣaḥ) - person, man, supreme being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - person, man, male, conscious being, spirit (puruṣa)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

नरेश्वरः (nareśvaraḥ) - lord of men, king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nareśvara

nareśvara - lord of men, king

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+īśvara)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Previous Verse Next Verse