वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-18, verse-6

एवं चैतदकामां च न त्वां स्प्रक्ष्यामि मैथिलि ।
कामं कामः शरीरे मे यथाकामं प्रवर्तताम् ॥६॥

6. evaṃ caitadakāmāṃ ca na tvāṃ sprakṣyāmi maithili ,
kāmaṃ kāmaḥ śarīre me yathākāmaṃ pravartatām.

6. evam ca etat akāmām ca na tvām sprakṣyāmi maithili
| kāmam kāmaḥ śarīre me yathākāmam pravartatām

6. maithili,
evam ca etat akāmām tvām na sprakṣyāmi kāmam me śarīre kāmaḥ yathākāmam pravartatām

6. And thus, O Maithili, I shall not touch you, who are unwilling. Indeed, let desire (kāma) manifest within my body as it pleases.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एतत् (etat) - this (promise/statement) (this (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

• अकामाम् (akāmām) - you (Sītā), who are unwilling (unwilling, not desirous (feminine accusative singular))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Sītā) (you (accusative singular))

• स्प्रक्ष्यामि (sprakṣyāmi) - I will touch (you) (I will touch)

• मैथिलि (maithili) - O Sītā (O daughter of Mithila)

• कामम् (kāmam) - indeed, certainly (particle of assent) (indeed, certainly, as desired (adverbial))

• कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire (kāma) (desire, love, Kāma (the god of love))

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in my body (in the body)

• मे (me) - my (body) (my, to me (genitive/dative singular of `aham`))

• यथाकामम् (yathākāmam) - as it pleases (desire) (as desired, according to wish, as one pleases)

• प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it (desire) manifest (let it proceed, let it act, let it function)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

एतत् (etat) - this (promise/statement) (this (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Agrees with the implied statement.

अकामाम् (akāmām) - you (Sītā), who are unwilling (unwilling, not desirous (feminine accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of akāmā

akāmā - unwilling, not desirous, without desire

Compound of `a` (not) and `kāmā` (desirous).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+kāmā)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• kāmā – desirous, lovely, love, desire
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine form of `kāma`.
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `tvām` (you).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Particle of negation.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Sītā) (you (accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

Second person pronoun.

Note: Refers to Sītā.

स्प्रक्ष्यामि (sprakṣyāmi) - I will touch (you) (I will touch)

(verb)

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

Future Tense, Active Voice, 1st Person Singular

From root `spṛś` (class 6).

Root: spṛś (class 6)

मैथिलि (maithili) - O Sītā (O daughter of Mithila)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman from Mithila, daughter of the king of Mithila (Janaka)

Feminine derivative of `mithila`.

Note: Refers to Sītā.

कामम् (kāmam) - indeed, certainly (particle of assent) (indeed, certainly, as desired (adverbial))

(indeclinable)

From root `kam` (to desire).

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Used as an adverb here.

कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire (kāma) (desire, love, Kāma (the god of love))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, pleasure, the god of love

From root `kam` (to desire).

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Subject of `pravartatām`.

शरीरे (śarīre) - in my body (in the body)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, form, frame

From root `śṝ` (to injure, break)

Root: śṝ (class 9)

मे (me) - my (body) (my, to me (genitive/dative singular of `aham`))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

First person pronoun.

Note: Possessive, referring to the speaker (Rāvaṇa).

यथाकामम् (yathākāmam) - as it pleases (desire) (as desired, according to wish, as one pleases)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial compound of `yathā` (as) and `kāma` (desire).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+kāma)

• yathā – as, just as, in which way
  indeclinable
  Relative adverb.
• kāma – desire, wish, love
  noun (masculine)
  From root `kam` (to desire).
  Root: kam (class 1)

प्रवर्तताम् (pravartatām) - let it (desire) manifest (let it proceed, let it act, let it function)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of pravṛt

Imperative, Middle Voice, 3rd Person Singular

From root `vṛt` (to turn, to exist) with prefix `pra`.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Subject is `kāmaḥ`.

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