वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-54, verse-12

अहं वः प्रतिजानामि न गमिष्याम्यहं पुरीम् ।
इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये श्रेयो मरणमेव मे ॥१२॥

12. ahaṃ vaḥ pratijānāmi na gamiṣyāmyahaṃ purīm ,
ihaiva prāyamāsiṣye śreyo maraṇameva me.

12. aham vaḥ pratijānāmi na gamiṣyāmi aham purīm
iha eva prāyam āsiṣye śreyaḥ maraṇam eva me

12. aham vaḥ pratijānāmi,
aham purīm na gamiṣyāmi iha eva prāyam āsiṣye; me maraṇam eva śreyaḥ

12. I declare to you all that I will not return to the city. Right here, I will undertake the fast unto death (prāya); for me, death itself is preferable.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), your

• प्रतिजानामि (pratijānāmi) - I promise, I declare, I undertake

• न (na) - not, no

• गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

• अहम् (aham) - I

• पुरीम् (purīm) - to the city

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• प्रायम् (prāyam) - undertaking the religious practice of fasting unto death (prāya) (the fast unto death, resolve to die)

• आसिष्ये (āsiṣye) - I will sit in a fast (fast unto death) (I will sit, I will undertake (a vow or fast))

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - better, superior, more excellent, more auspicious

• मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (plural), your

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Can also be genitive or accusative.

प्रतिजानामि (pratijānāmi) - I promise, I declare, I undertake

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratijñā

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

गमिष्यामि (gamiṣyāmi) - I will go

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

पुरीम् (purīm) - to the city

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town, stronghold

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

प्रायम् (prāyam) - undertaking the religious practice of fasting unto death (prāya) (the fast unto death, resolve to die)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prāya

prāya - fasting unto death, resolve to die, vow, departure, end

आसिष्ये (āsiṣye) - I will sit in a fast (fast unto death) (I will sit, I will undertake (a vow or fast))

(verb)

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

Root: ās (class 2)

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - better, superior, more excellent, more auspicious

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - better, superior, more excellent, more auspicious, good fortune, virtue

Comparative form of 'praśasya' (good/excellent).

मरणम् (maraṇam) - death, dying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, decease

Root: mṛ (class 6)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (first person pronoun)

Note: Can also be genitive.