वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-19, verse-3

तृणमन्तरतः कृत्वा प्रत्युवाच शुचिस्मिता ।
निवर्तय मनो मत्तः स्वजने क्रियतां मनः ॥३॥

3. tṛṇamantarataḥ kṛtvā pratyuvāca śucismitā ,
nivartaya mano mattaḥ svajane kriyatāṃ manaḥ.

3. tṛṇam antarataḥ kṛtvā pratyuvāca śucismitā
nivartaya manaḥ mattaḥ svajane kriyatām manaḥ

3. śucismitā tṛṇam antarataḥ kṛtvā pratyuvāca: mattaḥ manaḥ nivartaya,
svajane manaḥ kriyatām

3. Placing a blade of grass between them, Sita, with a pure smile, replied: 'Turn your mind away from me; fix your thoughts on your own kin.'

Words meanings summery:

• तृणम् (tṛṇam) - a blade of grass, straw

• अन्तरतः (antarataḥ) - in between herself and Ravana (from within, in the middle, between)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having placed

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied, said in return

• शुचिस्मिता (śucismitā) - having a pure smile

• निवर्तय (nivartaya) - turn back, withdraw, cause to return

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, thought

• मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me

• स्वजने (svajane) - on your own people, among your own kin/family/wives

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, let it be placed, let it be directed

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind, thought

Words meanings and morphology

तृणम् (tṛṇam) - a blade of grass, straw

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw

अन्तरतः (antarataḥ) - in between herself and Ravana (from within, in the middle, between)

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having placed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root kṛ + suffix tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied, said in return

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

Derived from root vac with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

शुचिस्मिता (śucismitā) - having a pure smile

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śucismita

śucismita - having a pure smile

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śuci+smita)

• śuci – pure, clean, bright
  adjective (masculine)
• smita – smile
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (of √smi)
  Root: smi (class 1)

निवर्तय (nivartaya) - turn back, withdraw, cause to return

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vṛt

Causative Imperative Active

Derived from root vṛt with prefix ni, causative stem

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, thought

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart

मत्तः (mattaḥ) - from me

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

स्वजने (svajane) - on your own people, among your own kin/family/wives

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of svajana

svajana - one's own people, kinsfolk, own wife

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+jana)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• jana – person, people, kin
  noun (masculine)

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be done, let it be placed, let it be directed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Imperative Passive

Derived from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

मनः (manaḥ) - mind, thought

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart