वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-53, verse-20

नूनं रामप्रभावेन वैदेह्याः सुकृतेन च ।
यन्मां दहनकर्मायं नादहद्धव्यवाहनः ॥२०॥

20. nūnaṃ rāmaprabhāvena vaidehyāḥ sukṛtena ca ,
yanmāṃ dahanakarmāyaṃ nādahaddhavyavāhanaḥ.

20. nūnam rāma-prabhāveṇa vaidehyāḥ sukṛtena ca yat
mām dahana-karmā ayam na adahat havyavāhanaḥ

20. nūnam rāma-prabhāveṇa vaidehyāḥ sukṛtena ca yat
ayam dahana-karmā havyavāhanaḥ mām na adahat

20. Surely, it is due to Rama's power and the merit (sukṛta) of Sita (vaidehī) that this fire god (havyavāhana), whose action is to burn, did not burn me.

Words meanings summery:

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

• राम-प्रभावेण (rāma-prabhāveṇa) - by Rama's power, by Rama's influence

• वैदेह्याः (vaidehyāḥ) - of Sita (vaidehī) (of Sita, of the daughter of Videha)

• सुकृतेन (sukṛtena) - by her merit (sukṛta) (by good deeds, by merit)

• च (ca) - and, also

• यत् (yat) - Used here as a conjunction, 'that' (that, which (relative pronoun))

• माम् (mām) - me, myself

• दहन-कर्मा (dahana-karmā) - whose action is burning, whose nature is to burn

• अयम् (ayam) - this (fire god) (this (masculine))

• न (na) - not, no

• अदहत् (adahat) - burned, consumed (imperfect tense)

• हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - the fire god (havyavāhana) (fire, fire god, carrier of offerings)

Words meanings and morphology

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

राम-प्रभावेण (rāma-prabhāveṇa) - by Rama's power, by Rama's influence

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāmaprabhāva

rāmaprabhāva - Rama's power, Rama's influence

Compound type : tatpurusha (rāma+prabhāva)

• rāma – Rama (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• prabhāva – power, might, influence, splendor
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra

वैदेह्याः (vaidehyāḥ) - of Sita (vaidehī) (of Sita, of the daughter of Videha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Sita, daughter of Videha (Janaka)

सुकृतेन (sukṛtena) - by her merit (sukṛta) (by good deeds, by merit)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sukṛta

sukṛta - good deed, virtue, merit, well-done

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ (to do) with prefix su (good)

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+kṛta)

• su – good, well
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, deed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - Used here as a conjunction, 'that' (that, which (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - that, which, what

Note: Used here as a conjunction, 'that'

माम् (mām) - me, myself

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, myself

दहन-कर्मा (dahana-karmā) - whose action is burning, whose nature is to burn

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dahanakarman

dahanakarman - whose action is burning, having the function of burning

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dahana+karman)

• dahana – burning, consuming, fire
  noun (masculine)
  from root dah (to burn)
  Root: dah (class 1)
• karman – action, deed, function
  noun (neuter)

Note: agrees with 'ayam' and 'havyavāhanaḥ'

अयम् (ayam) - this (fire god) (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अदहत् (adahat) - burned, consumed (imperfect tense)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of dah

Imperfect Active Indicative

augmented a- + root dah + ending -at

Root: dah (class 1)

हव्यवाहनः (havyavāhanaḥ) - the fire god (havyavāhana) (fire, fire god, carrier of offerings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - fire, fire god, carrier of offerings (to the gods)

Compound type : tatpurusha (havya+vāhana)

• havya – offering, oblation (to gods)
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from root hu (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vāhana – carrier, vehicle, bearer
  noun (masculine)
  from root vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)