वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-114, verse-1

बहूनि नाम वर्षाणि गतस्य सुमहद्वनम् ।
शृणोम्यहं प्रीतिकरं मम नाथस्य कीर्तनम् ॥१॥

1. bahūni nāma varṣāṇi gatasya sumahadvanam ,
śṛṇomyahaṃ prītikaraṃ mama nāthasya kīrtanam.

1. bahūni nāma varṣāṇi gatasya sumahat vanam
śṛṇomi aham prītikaram mama nāthasya kīrtanam

1. mama nāthasya sumahat vanam gatasya nāma
bahūni varṣāṇi aham prītikaram kīrtanam śṛṇomi

1. Indeed, many years have passed since my lord departed for the great forest. Now I hear a pleasing mention of my lord.

Words meanings summery:

• बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, certainly (particle)

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

• गतस्य (gatasya) - of him who has gone, of the departed one

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, exceedingly large

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear, I listen

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रीतिकरम् (prītikaram) - pleasing, delightful

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• नाथस्य (nāthasya) - of the lord, of the protector

• कीर्तनम् (kīrtanam) - praise, mention, recounting

Words meanings and morphology

बहूनि (bahūni) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

नाम (nāma) - indeed, by name, certainly (particle)

(indeclinable)

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, rainy season

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

गतस्य (gatasya) - of him who has gone, of the departed one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, past

Past Passive Participle

from root √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great, exceedingly large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, exceedingly large

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+mahat)

• su – good, excellent, very
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Root: van (class 1)

शृणोमि (śṛṇomi) - I hear, I listen

(verb)

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

Present active 1st singular

Root: śru (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

प्रीतिकरम् (prītikaram) - pleasing, delightful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prītikara

prītikara - causing joy, pleasing, delightful

Compound type : tatpurusha (prīti+kara)

• prīti – joy, affection, pleasure
  noun (feminine)
  Root: prī (class 9)
• kara – making, causing
  adjective
  kṛt suffix
  from root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

नाथस्य (nāthasya) - of the lord, of the protector

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nātha

nātha - lord, master, protector

Root: nāth (class 1)

कीर्तनम् (kīrtanam) - praise, mention, recounting

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kīrtana

kīrtana - mentioning, praising, proclaiming

from root √kīrt

Root: kīrt (class 10)