वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-27, verse-8

आनीय च वनात् सीतां पद्महीनामिव श्रियम् ।
किमर्थं प्रतिदास्यामि राघवस्य भयादहम् ॥८॥

8. ānīya ca vanāt sītāṃ padmahīnāmiva śriyam ,
kimarthaṃ pratidāsyāmi rāghavasya bhayādaham.

8. ānīya ca vanāt sītām padmahīnām iva śriyam
kimartham pratidāsyāmi rāghavasya bhayāt aham

8. aham vanāt sītām padmahīnām śriyam iva ānīya
ca rāghavasya bhayāt kimartham pratidāsyāmi

8. And having brought Sītā from the forest, like fortune (śrī) deprived of her lotus, why should I return her because of fear of Rāghava?

Words meanings summery:

• आनीय (ānīya) - having brought, after bringing

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

• सीताम् (sītām) - princess Sītā, daughter of Janaka (Sita (name of Rama's wife))

• पद्महीनाम् (padmahīnām) - deprived of lotuses, lotus-less

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• श्रियम् (śriyam) - goddess Lakṣmī, who is often associated with lotuses (prosperity, beauty, wealth, goddess of fortune)

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose? why?

• प्रतिदास्यामि (pratidāsyāmi) - I will give back, I will return

• राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāma (of Rāghava, of Rama (descendant of Raghu))

• भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, out of fear

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

आनीय (ānīya) - having brought, after bringing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from ā-nī (to bring) with lyap affix.

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Note: Source of action.

सीताम् (sītām) - princess Sītā, daughter of Janaka (Sita (name of Rama's wife))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (a proper name, the wife of Rama), furrow

Literally 'furrow', but here a proper name.

Note: Object of ānīya and pratidāsyāmi.

पद्महीनाम् (padmahīnām) - deprived of lotuses, lotus-less

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of padmahīna

padmahīna - deprived of lotuses, lotus-less

Compound of padma (lotus) and hīna (devoid of).

Compound type : tatpurusha (padma+hīna)

• padma – lotus (flower or plant)
  noun (neuter)
• hīna – devoid of, deprived of, inferior, abandoned
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root hā (to abandon, to give up).
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies śriyam.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

श्रियम् (śriyam) - goddess Lakṣmī, who is often associated with lotuses (prosperity, beauty, wealth, goddess of fortune)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, beauty, wealth, glory, goddess Lakṣmī

Note: Object of comparison with Sītā.

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose? why?

(indeclinable)

Compound of kim (what) and artha (purpose).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  pronoun (neuter)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, object, sense
  noun (masculine)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

प्रतिदास्यामि (pratidāsyāmi) - I will give back, I will return

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (luṭ) of pratidā

Future Tense (luṭ)

From prati-dā (to give).

Prefix: prati

Root: dā (class 3)

राघवस्य (rāghavasya) - of Rāma (of Rāghava, of Rama (descendant of Raghu))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, name of Rāma

A patronymic raghu + aṇ.

Note: Qualifies bhayāt.

भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, out of fear

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, terror

From root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Expresses cause/reason.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

Note: Subject of pratidāsyāmi.