वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-17, verse-27

भूमिर्हिरण्यं रूप्यं च निग्रहे कारणानि च ।
तत्र कस्ते वने लोभो मदीयेषु फलेषु वा ॥२७॥

27. bhūmirhiraṇyaṃ rūpyaṃ ca nigrahe kāraṇāni ca ,
tatra kaste vane lobho madīyeṣu phaleṣu vā.

27. bhūmiḥ hiraṇyam rūpyam ca nigrahe kāraṇāni ca
| tatra kaḥ te vane lobhaḥ madīyeṣu phaleṣu vā

27. bhūmiḥ hiraṇyam rūpyam ca nigrahe kāraṇāni ca
tatra vane te kaḥ lobhaḥ madīyeṣu phaleṣu vā

27. Land, gold, and silver are typically the reasons for subjugation. Therefore, what is your avarice in the forest, or for fruits belonging to me?

Words meanings summery:

• भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - land, earth, ground

• हिरण्यम् (hiraṇyam) - gold

• रूप्यम् (rūpyam) - silver

• च (ca) - and

• निग्रहे (nigrahe) - in seizing, in restraining, in conquering

• कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - causes, reasons

• च (ca) - and

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, therefore

• कः (kaḥ) - what, who

• ते (te) - your

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• लोभः (lobhaḥ) - greed, avarice

• मदीयेषु (madīyeṣu) - in my (fruits), pertaining to me

• फलेषु (phaleṣu) - in fruits

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

भूमिः (bhūmiḥ) - land, earth, ground

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, land, ground

हिरण्यम् (hiraṇyam) - gold

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hiraṇya

hiraṇya - gold, wealth

रूप्यम् (rūpyam) - silver

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpya

rūpya - silver, coin, beautiful

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निग्रहे (nigrahe) - in seizing, in restraining, in conquering

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nigraha

nigraha - restraint, subjugation, punishment, seizing

verbal noun

derived from root grah- (to seize) with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

कारणानि (kāraṇāni) - causes, reasons

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case, therefore

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - what, who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood

लोभः (lobhaḥ) - greed, avarice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lobha

lobha - greed, covetousness, desire

मदीयेषु (madīyeṣu) - in my (fruits), pertaining to me

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, plural of madīya

madīya - my, mine, belonging to me

Note: Agrees with phaleṣu.

फलेषु (phaleṣu) - in fruits

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

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