वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-17

न च पश्यामि तत् सौम्य पृथिव्यामपि वानर ।
सदृशं मत्प्रियाख्याने तव दातुं भवेत् समम् ॥१७॥

17. na ca paśyāmi tat saumya pṛthivyāmapi vānara ,
sadṛśaṃ matpriyākhyāne tava dātuṃ bhavet samam.

17. na ca paśyāmi tat saumya pṛthivyām api vānara
sadṛśam mat-priya-ākhyāne tava dātum bhavet samam

17. ca saumya vānara pṛthivyām api tat samam sadṛśam
tava mat-priya-ākhyāne dātum bhavet na paśyāmi

17. And, O gentle monkey (vānara), I do not find anything on earth that would be an equal (reward) to give you for telling me this dear news.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I find

• तत् (tat) - that (thing/reward) (that, that one)

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (addressing Hanuman) (O gentle one, O tranquil one)

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, in the world

• अपि (api) - even (on earth) (even, also, too)

• वानर (vānara) - O monkey (Hanuman) (monkey)

• सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - equal (reward) (similar, equal, comparable, suitable)

• मत्-प्रिय-आख्याने (mat-priya-ākhyāne) - for telling me this dear news (for the telling of my dear news, in the narration of my beloved message)

• तव (tava) - to give to you (your, to you)

• दातुम् (dātum) - to give, for giving

• भवेत् (bhavet) - which would be (suitable) (it would be, may it be)

• समम् (samam) - (an) equal (reward) (equal, even, uniform, similar, suitable)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see, I find

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (thing/reward) (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (addressing Hanuman) (O gentle one, O tranquil one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, tranquil, auspicious

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, land

अपि (api) - even (on earth) (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

वानर (vānara) - O monkey (Hanuman) (monkey)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vānara

vānara - monkey

सदृशम् (sadṛśam) - equal (reward) (similar, equal, comparable, suitable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sadṛśa

sadṛśa - similar, equal, comparable, suitable

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मत्-प्रिय-आख्याने (mat-priya-ākhyāne) - for telling me this dear news (for the telling of my dear news, in the narration of my beloved message)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of matpriyākhyāna

matpriyākhyāna - the telling/narration of my dear/beloved (news)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mat+priya+ākhyāna)

• mad – my, mine
  pronoun
  ablative/genitive form of 'aham' used as possessive adjective
• priya – dear, beloved
  adjective (masculine)
• ākhyāna – telling, narration, report
  noun (neuter)
  from ā-khyā (to tell)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Used here to denote the cause or occasion for the reward, translated as 'for'.

तव (tava) - to give to you (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Also serves as genitive in some contexts.

दातुम् (dātum) - to give, for giving

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed from root dā with suffix -tum

Root: dā (class 3)

भवेत् (bhavet) - which would be (suitable) (it would be, may it be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

समम् (samam) - (an) equal (reward) (equal, even, uniform, similar, suitable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sama

sama - equal, same, similar, uniform, suitable

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