वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-109, verse-21

अनुजानीहि मां सौम्य पूजितो ऽस्मि विभीषण ।
मन्युर्न खलु कर्तव्यस्त्वरितस्त्वानुमानये ॥२१॥

21. anujānīhi māṃ saumya pūjito'smi vibhīṣaṇa ,
manyurna khalu kartavyastvaritastvānumānaye.

21. anujānīhi māṃ saumya pūjitaḥ asmi vibhīṣaṇa
manyuḥ na khalu kartavyaḥ tvaritaḥ tvā anumānaye

21. O gentle Vibhīṣaṇa, permit me (to depart); I have been honored. Certainly, there is no cause for anger; I shall quickly make you understand.

Words meanings summery:

• अनुजानीहि (anujānīhi) - permit me (to depart) (permit, allow, grant leave)

• मां (māṁ) - me

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (referring to Vibhīṣaṇa) (gentle, mild, benevolent; O gentle one)

• पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - honored (I have been honored by your hospitality) (honored, worshipped, respected)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• विभीषण (vibhīṣaṇa) - O Vibhīṣaṇa (Vibhīṣaṇa (proper noun))

• मन्युः (manyuḥ) - anger (anger, wrath, indignation)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• खलु (khalu) - certainly, indeed (indeed, certainly, surely; also a particle of prohibition, entreaty.)

• कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - to be felt (by you), proper (to be done, proper, right, due, duty)

• त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly, in a hurry (quick, hurried, swift)

• त्वा (tvā) - you (Vibhīṣaṇa) (you (accusative))

• अनुमानये (anumānaye) - I shall make you understand, I shall persuade you (I infer, I deduce; I persuade, I make understand)

Words meanings and morphology

अनुजानीहि (anujānīhi) - permit me (to depart) (permit, allow, grant leave)

(verb)

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

Root jñā (9th class) with prefix anu. The stem is anu-jānī.

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

मां (māṁ) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Object of 'anujānīhi'.

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (referring to Vibhīṣaṇa) (gentle, mild, benevolent; O gentle one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - relating to Soma, lunar, gentle, mild, amiable

From Soma (the moon, or the deity).

पूजितः (pūjitaḥ) - honored (I have been honored by your hospitality) (honored, worshipped, respected)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūjita

pūjita - honored, respected, worshipped

Past Passive Participle

From root pūj (to honor)

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Qualifies the implied 'I' (aham).

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

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

Root as (2nd class)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Copula.

विभीषण (vibhīṣaṇa) - O Vibhīṣaṇa (Vibhīṣaṇa (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhīṣaṇa

vibhīṣaṇa - Vibhīṣaṇa (brother of Rāvaṇa)

From root bhīṣ (to frighten) with prefix vi-. One who causes terror.

Root: bhīṣ (class 10)

मन्युः (manyuḥ) - anger (anger, wrath, indignation)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manyu

manyu - anger, wrath, indignation, spirit

From root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'kartavyaḥ'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negation particle.

खलु (khalu) - certainly, indeed (indeed, certainly, surely; also a particle of prohibition, entreaty.)

(indeclinable)

Particle

Note: Emphatic particle.

कर्तव्यः (kartavyaḥ) - to be felt (by you), proper (to be done, proper, right, due, duty)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kartavya

kartavya - to be done, proper, duty, obligation

Gerundive

From root kṛ (to do) with suffix -tavya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicative adjective for 'manyuḥ'.

त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly, in a hurry (quick, hurried, swift)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvarita

tvarita - hastened, quickened, hurried, swift

Past Passive Participle

From root tvar (to hurry)

Root: tvar (class 1)

Note: Acts as an adverb here, implying 'being quick'.

त्वा (tvā) - you (Vibhīṣaṇa) (you (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'anumānaye'.

अनुमानये (anumānaye) - I shall make you understand, I shall persuade you (I infer, I deduce; I persuade, I make understand)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anumānaya

Denominative/Causative stem from anu-man

From root man (4th class) with prefix anu, forming a 10th class stem.

Prefix: anu

Root: man (class 4)

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