वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-40, verse-14

न च तं जानकी सीता हरिं हरिणलोचणा ।
अस्माभिर्बहुधा पृष्टा निवेदयितुमिच्छति ॥१४॥

14. na ca taṃ jānakī sītā hariṃ hariṇalocaṇā ,
asmābhirbahudhā pṛṣṭā nivedayitumicchati.

14. na ca tam jānakī sītā harim hariṇalocaṇā
asmābhiḥ bahudhā pṛṣṭā nivedayitum icchati

14. jānakī sītā hariṇalocaṇā asmābhiḥ bahudhā
pṛṣṭā tam harim nivedayitum na ca icchati

14. Janaki Sita, the deer-eyed one, though repeatedly questioned by us in many ways, does not wish to reveal anything about that elusive deer (Maricha).

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, even (and, also, even)

• तम् (tam) - that (person/thing) (him, that, that one)

• जानकी (jānakī) - Sita, daughter of Janaka (Janaki (daughter of Janaka))

• सीता (sītā) - Princess Sita, wife of Rama (Sita)

• हरिम् (harim) - the deceptive deer (Maricha) (deer, lion, Vishnu, Indra, monkey, horse, sun, gold, one who takes away)

• हरिणलोचणा (hariṇalocaṇā) - Sita, whose eyes are like a deer's (deer-eyed woman)

• अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us (the monkeys searching for Sita, e.g., Hanuman and his companions) (by us)

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - repeatedly, in many ways (in many ways, repeatedly, often)

• पृष्टा (pṛṣṭā) - questioned (feminine singular) (questioned, asked)

• निवेदयितुम् (nivedayitum) - to reveal, to tell (to report, to announce, to reveal)

• इच्छति (icchati) - she wishes, desires

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, even (and, also, even)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (person/thing) (him, that, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine form of tad

जानकी (jānakī) - Sita, daughter of Janaka (Janaki (daughter of Janaka))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jānakī

jānakī - Janaka's daughter, Sita

सीता (sītā) - Princess Sita, wife of Rama (Sita)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - furrow, Sita (name of Janaka's daughter and Rama's wife)

हरिम् (harim) - the deceptive deer (Maricha) (deer, lion, Vishnu, Indra, monkey, horse, sun, gold, one who takes away)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hari

hari - deer, lion, Vishnu, Indra, monkey, horse, sun, gold, one who takes away

Root: hṛ (class 1)

हरिणलोचणा (hariṇalocaṇā) - Sita, whose eyes are like a deer's (deer-eyed woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hariṇalocaṇā

hariṇalocaṇā - deer-eyed (woman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hariṇa+locana)

• hariṇa – deer, antelope
  noun (masculine)
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: loc (class 10)

Note: Refers to Sita.

अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us (the monkeys searching for Sita, e.g., Hanuman and his companions) (by us)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

बहुधा (bahudhā) - repeatedly, in many ways (in many ways, repeatedly, often)

(indeclinable)

पृष्टा (pṛṣṭā) - questioned (feminine singular) (questioned, asked)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, inquired

Past Passive Participle

From root √prach (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Referring to Sita.

निवेदयितुम् (nivedayitum) - to reveal, to tell (to report, to announce, to reveal)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive of the causative of root √vid (to know) with prefix ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: vid (class 2)

इच्छति (icchati) - she wishes, desires

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

Present active 3rd person singular of root √iṣ, class 6.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

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