वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-20, verse-3

संनियच्छति मे क्रोधं त्वयि कामः समुत्थितः ।
द्रवतो मार्गमासाद्य हयानिव सुसारथिः ॥३॥

3. saṃniyacchati me krodhaṃ tvayi kāmaḥ samutthitaḥ ,
dravato mārgamāsādya hayāniva susārathiḥ.

3. saṃniyacchati me krodham tvayi kāmaḥ samutthitaḥ
dravataḥ mārgam āsādya hayān iva susārathiḥ

3. tvayi samutthitaḥ me kāmaḥ me krodham saṃniyacchati
dravataḥ susārathiḥ mārgam āsādya hayān iva

3. My desire (kāma), which has arisen towards you, restrains my anger, just as a skilled charioteer, while swiftly moving and having mastered the path, controls his horses.

Words meanings summery:

• संनियच्छति (saṁniyacchati) - controls, restrains, holds back

• मे (me) - my (my, of me, to me)

• क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger, wrath

• त्वयि (tvayi) - towards you (Sita) (in you, towards you)

• कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire (kāma) for you (Sita) (desire, wish, love, lust)

• समुत्थितः (samutthitaḥ) - arisen (in the speaker, towards Sita) (arisen, sprung up, manifested, standing up)

• द्रवतः (dravataḥ) - swiftly moving (describing the charioteer) (running, swiftly moving, hastening)

• मार्गम् (mārgam) - path, road, way

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having mastered (the path) (having reached, having obtained, having mastered)

• हयान् (hayān) - horses

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सुसारथिः (susārathiḥ) - a skilled charioteer (a good charioteer)

Words meanings and morphology

संनियच्छति (saṁniyacchati) - controls, restrains, holds back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of saṃniyam

Present Active Indicative

Root yam (to hold, restrain) with prefixes sam and ni, present tense, 3rd person singular.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: yam (class 1)

मे (me) - my (my, of me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

क्रोधम् (krodham) - anger, wrath

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, rage

From root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

त्वयि (tvayi) - towards you (Sita) (in you, towards you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Refers to Sita.

कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire (kāma) for you (Sita) (desire, wish, love, lust)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, lust

From root kam (to desire) + ghañ suffix

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇa's desire for Sita.

समुत्थितः (samutthitaḥ) - arisen (in the speaker, towards Sita) (arisen, sprung up, manifested, standing up)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samutthita

samutthita - arisen, sprung up, manifest, standing up

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefixes sam and ut + kta suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `kāmaḥ`.

द्रवतः (dravataḥ) - swiftly moving (describing the charioteer) (running, swiftly moving, hastening)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dravat

dravat - running, swiftly moving, hastening

Present Active Participle

From root dru (to run, move swiftly) + śatṛ suffix.

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `susārathiḥ`.

मार्गम् (mārgam) - path, road, way

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way, track

Root: mṛg (class 2)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having mastered (the path) (having reached, having obtained, having mastered)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root sad (to sit, approach) with prefix ā + lyap suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

हयान् (hayān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of haya

haya - horse

Root: hi (class 5)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सुसारथिः (susārathiḥ) - a skilled charioteer (a good charioteer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of susārathi

susārathi - a good charioteer, a skilled driver

Compound of su (good) + sārathi (charioteer).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+sārathi)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• sārathi – charioteer, driver
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)