वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-19, verse-15

अथ वा रुचिरं स्थानमिह ते रुचिरानने ।
आविशन्ति हि दुर्गाणि क्षिप्रमद्यैव वानराः ॥१५॥

15. atha vā ruciraṃ sthānamiha te rucirānane ,
āviśanti hi durgāṇi kṣipramadyaiva vānarāḥ.

15. atha vā ruciram sthānam iha te rucirānanā |
āviśanti hi durgāṇi kṣipram adya eva vānarāḥ

15. atha vā rucirānanā te ruciram sthānam iha hi
vānarāḥ durgāṇi kṣipram adya eva āviśanti

15. Or else, O beautiful-faced one, a charming place is here for you. Indeed, the monkeys will quickly enter difficult-to-access places even today.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - or else (introducing an alternative) (now, then, moreover, or)

• वा (vā) - or, either

• रुचिरम् (ruciram) - charming, beautiful, delightful

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - place, location, position

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• ते (te) - for you (to you, for you, your (2nd person singular))

• रुचिरानना (rucirānanā) - O beautiful-faced one, O lovely-faced woman

• आविशन्ति (āviśanti) - they enter, they penetrate

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• दुर्गाणि (durgāṇi) - difficult places, fortresses, strongholds

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, soon

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• एव (eva) - even (today) (indeed, only, just, even)

• वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - or else (introducing an alternative) (now, then, moreover, or)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

रुचिरम् (ruciram) - charming, beautiful, delightful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rucira

rucira - bright, radiant, beautiful, charming, agreeable

From root ruc (to shine, to please).

Root: ruc (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sthānam'.

स्थानम् (sthānam) - place, location, position

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, location, standing, situation

From root sthā (to stand).

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Subject of an implied 'is'.

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

ते (te) - for you (to you, for you, your (2nd person singular))

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Note: Can also be genitive or accusative, but dative fits the context of 'for you'.

रुचिरानना (rucirānanā) - O beautiful-faced one, O lovely-faced woman

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of rucirānana

rucirānana - beautiful-faced, lovely-faced

Bahuvrihi compound: rucira (charming) + ānana (face).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (rucira+ānana)

• rucira – charming, beautiful, lovely
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: ruc (class 1)
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

आविशन्ति (āviśanti) - they enter, they penetrate

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ā-viś

Present Active 3rd Person Plural

From root viś with prefix ā, Present (laṭ), active voice, 3rd person plural.

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

दुर्गाणि (durgāṇi) - difficult places, fortresses, strongholds

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of durga

durga - difficult to access, impregnable; a fortress, a difficult place

Compound: dur (difficult) + ga (going).

Compound type : tatpurusha (dur+ga)

• dur – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating difficulty or badness.
• ga – going, moving; one who goes
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  From root gam (to go) with suffix -a.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of 'āviśanti'.

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly, soon

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

एव (eva) - even (today) (indeed, only, just, even)

(indeclinable)

वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, ape

Note: Subject of 'āviśanti'.

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