वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-24, verse-5

सखीस्नेहेन तद्भीरु मया सर्वं प्रतिश्रुतम् ।
लीनया गनहे शूह्ये भयमुत्सृज्य रावणात् ।
तव हेतोर्विशालाक्षि न हि मे जीवितं प्रियम् ॥५॥

5. sakhīsnehena tadbhīru mayā sarvaṃ pratiśrutam ,
līnayā ganahe śūhye bhayamutsṛjya rāvaṇāt ,
tava hetorviśālākṣi na hi me jīvitaṃ priyam.

5. sakhī-snehena tat bhīru mayā sarvam
pratiśrutam līnayā gahane guhye
bhayam utsṛjya rāvaṇāt tava hetoḥ
viśālākṣi na hi me jīvitam priyam

5. bhīru sakhī-snehena mayā tat sarvam
pratiśrutam gahane guhye līnayā
rāvaṇāt bhayam utsṛjya viśālākṣi
tava hetoḥ me jīvitam na hi priyam

5. O timid one, out of a friend's affection, I overheard everything. Hiding in a deep, secret place, having cast aside all fear of Rāvaṇa, O broad-eyed one, my life is certainly not dear to me for your sake.

Words meanings summery:

• सखी-स्नेहेन (sakhī-snehena) - by friend's affection, due to friendship

• तत् (tat) - all the previously mentioned words/events (that, those things)

• भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one (Sītā) (O timid one, O fearful one)

• मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker, Añjanā/Hanumān's mother) (by me)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• प्रतिश्रुतम् (pratiśrutam) - overheard (heard, listened to, promised)

• लीनया (līnayā) - by me (the speaker), in a hidden state (by me, hidden, concealed)

• गहने (gahane) - in a deep place, in a thicket, in a jungle

• गुह्ये (guhye) - in a secret place, in a hidden place

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up, having left

• रावणात् (rāvaṇāt) - from Rāvaṇa

• तव (tava) - your (Sītā's) (your)

• हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of, on account of

• विशालाक्षि (viśālākṣi) - O broad-eyed one (Sītā) (O broad-eyed one)

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

• मे (me) - my (the speaker's) (my, to me)

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, livelihood

• प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, pleasing

Words meanings and morphology

सखी-स्नेहेन (sakhī-snehena) - by friend's affection, due to friendship

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sakhī-sneha

sakhī-sneha - friend's affection, friendship

Compound of sakhī (friend, female) and sneha (affection).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sakhī+sneha)

• sakhī – friend, female companion
  noun (feminine)
• sneha – affection, love, tenderness
  noun (masculine)
  From root snih (to be sticky, to be affectionate)
  Root: snih (class 4)

तत् (tat) - all the previously mentioned words/events (that, those things)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the conversation mentioned in the previous verse.

भीरु (bhīru) - O timid one (Sītā) (O timid one, O fearful one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of bhīru

bhīru - timid, fearful, coward

From root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Addressed to Sītā.

मया (mayā) - by me (the speaker, Añjanā/Hanumān's mother) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent of `pratiśrutam`.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

प्रतिश्रुतम् (pratiśrutam) - overheard (heard, listened to, promised)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratiśruta

pratiśruta - heard, promised, agreed

Past Passive Participle

From root śru (to hear) with upasarga prati (towards, back, in response).

Prefix: prati

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Object is `tat sarvam`.

लीनया (līnayā) - by me (the speaker), in a hidden state (by me, hidden, concealed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of līna

līna - hidden, concealed, merged, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

From root lī (to cling, to dissolve, to disappear).

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Describes the speaker (`mayā`).

गहने (gahane) - in a deep place, in a thicket, in a jungle

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gahana

gahana - deep, dense, impervious, thicket, forest

Note: Describes the place of hiding.

गुह्ये (guhye) - in a secret place, in a hidden place

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of guhya

guhya - secret, hidden, concealed, private part

Gerundive

From root guh (to hide), means 'to be hidden' or 'secret'.

Root: guh (class 1)

Note: Describes the place of hiding (corrected from `śūhye`).

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror

From root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of `utsṛjya`.

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - having abandoned, having given up, having left

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root sṛj (to release, to emit) with upasarga ut (up, out).

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

रावणात् (rāvaṇāt) - from Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king of Lanka)

Note: Source of fear.

तव (tava) - your (Sītā's) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

हेतोः (hetoḥ) - for the sake of, on account of

(indeclinable)

Note: Often combined with genitive (tava hetoḥ).

विशालाक्षि (viśālākṣi) - O broad-eyed one (Sītā) (O broad-eyed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of viśālākṣī

viśālākṣī - broad-eyed, having large beautiful eyes

Compound of viśāla (broad, large) and akṣī (eye).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (viśāla+akṣī)

• viśāla – broad, large, extensive, wide
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣī – eye
  noun (feminine)

Note: Addressed to Sītā.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the negation.

मे (me) - my (the speaker's) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, livelihood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, living, livelihood, a lifetime

From root jīv (to live).

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Subject of `priyam` (is dear).

प्रियम् (priyam) - dear, beloved, pleasing

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of priya

priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, liked

Note: Predicate adjective for `jīvitam`.

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