वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-52, verse-27

किं मे सुहृद्भिर्व्यसनं पश्यद्भिर्जीवितान्तरे ।
इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये पुण्ये सागररोधसि ॥२७॥

27. kiṃ me suhṛdbhirvyasanaṃ paśyadbhirjīvitāntare ,
ihaiva prāyamāsiṣye puṇye sāgararodhasi.

27. kim me suhṛdbhiḥ vyasanam paśyadbhīḥ jīvitāntare
| iha eva prāyam āsiṣye puṇye sāgararodhasī

27. me suhṛdbhiḥ jīvitāntare vyasanam paśyadbhīḥ
kim iha eva puṇye sāgararodhasī prāyam āsiṣye

27. What purpose would it serve for my friends to witness my distress for the remainder of my life? I will perform a fast (prāya) right here, on this sacred seashore.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what use or purpose (what, what use, why)

• मे (me) - my, to me

• सुहृद्भिः (suhṛdbhiḥ) - by friends, by well-wishers

• व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - calamity, distress, suffering

• पश्यद्भीः (paśyadbhīḥ) - by those seeing, by those witnessing

• जीवितान्तरे (jīvitāntare) - in the remainder of life, at the end of life

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• प्रायम् (prāyam) - the practice of fasting unto death (a fast unto death, sitting in a fast)

• आसिष्ये (āsiṣye) - I will undertake (a fast unto death) (I will sit)

• पुण्ये (puṇye) - on the sacred, holy

• सागररोधसी (sāgararodhasī) - on the seashore, on the ocean's bank

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what use or purpose (what, what use, why)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an interrogative particle expressing futility.

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Enclitic form of mama (genitive).

सुहृद्भिः (suhṛdbhiḥ) - by friends, by well-wishers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of suhṛd

suhṛd - a friend, a well-wisher

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+hṛd)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• hṛd – heart, mind
  noun (neuter)

व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - calamity, distress, suffering

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - calamity, misfortune, distress, addiction

Derived from vi-as, 'to throw apart'

Prefix: vi

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Object of 'paśyadbhīḥ'.

पश्यद्भीः (paśyadbhīḥ) - by those seeing, by those witnessing

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, looking

Present Active Participle

From root dṛś (to see), with paśya stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'suhṛdbhiḥ'.

जीवितान्तरे (jīvitāntare) - in the remainder of life, at the end of life

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jīvitāntara

jīvitāntara - interval of life, remainder of life, end of life

Compound type : tatpurusha (jīvita+antara)

• jīvita – life, living
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (from jīv)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• antara – interval, remainder, other
  noun (neuter)

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

प्रायम् (prāyam) - the practice of fasting unto death (a fast unto death, sitting in a fast)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prāya

prāya - a fast unto death, sitting down to die, commencement

Derived from pra-i (to go forth)

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Object of 'āsiṣye'.

आसिष्ये (āsiṣye) - I will undertake (a fast unto death) (I will sit)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of ās

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Refers to undertaking a fast unto death ('prāyam').

पुण्ये (puṇye) - on the sacred, holy

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of puṇya

puṇya - virtuous, sacred, holy, merit

Note: Agrees with 'sāgararodhasī'.

सागररोधसी (sāgararodhasī) - on the seashore, on the ocean's bank

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sāgararodhas

sāgararodhas - seashore, bank of the ocean

Compound type : genitive tatpurusha (sāgara+rodhas)

• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)
• rodhas – bank, shore, impediment
  noun (neuter)