वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-80, verse-42

बहुशश्चोदयामास भर्तारं मामनुव्रताम् ।
भार्या भव रमस्येति प्रत्याख्यातो ऽभवन्मया ॥४२॥

42. bahuśaścodayāmāsa bhartāraṃ māmanuvratām ,
bhāryā bhava ramasyeti pratyākhyāto'bhavanmayā.

42. bahuśaḥ codayāmāsa bhartāram mām anuvratām bhāryā
bhava ramasva iti pratyākhyātaḥ abhavat mayā

42. saḥ bahuśaḥ mām bhartāram anuvratām codayāmāsa
bhāryā bhava ramasva iti mayā pratyākhyātaḥ abhavat

42. He repeatedly urged me, who was devoted to my husband, saying, "Become my wife! Enjoy yourself!" But he was rejected by me.

Words meanings summery:

• बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - repeatedly (urged) (repeatedly, many times, in many ways)

• चोदयामास (codayāmāsa) - Rāvaṇa repeatedly urged (Sītā) (he urged, incited, impelled)

• भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - my husband (Rāma) (husband, supporter, master)

• माम् (mām) - Sītā (me)

• अनुव्रताम् (anuvratām) - me, devoted to my husband (devoted, faithful, following a vow/rule)

• भार्या (bhāryā) - (Sītā becoming Rāvaṇa's) wife (wife)

• भव (bhava) - (you) become (my wife) (be, become)

• रमस्व (ramasva) - (you) enjoy yourself (with me) (delight, enjoy yourself)

• इति (iti) - thus (introducing reported speech) (thus, so)

• प्रत्याख्यातः (pratyākhyātaḥ) - Rāvaṇa, having been rejected (rejected, repudiated, refused)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - he became (rejected) (became, was)

• मया (mayā) - by me (Sītā) (by me)

Words meanings and morphology

बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - repeatedly (urged) (repeatedly, many times, in many ways)

(indeclinable)

suffix -śaḥ (denoting manner or frequency) added to bahu (many)

Note: Adverb modifying 'codayāmāsa'.

चोदयामास (codayāmāsa) - Rāvaṇa repeatedly urged (Sītā) (he urged, incited, impelled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of cud

Periphrastic Perfect Active Indicative

from root cud (class 10), formed with auxiliary root as

Root: cud (class 10)

Note: Null subject (Rāvaṇa).

भर्तारम् (bhartāram) - my husband (Rāma) (husband, supporter, master)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ

bhartṛ - husband, supporter, master, nourisher

from root bhṛ (to bear, support), agent noun

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'anuvratām' in a relational sense.

माम् (mām) - Sītā (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Object of 'codayāmāsa'.

अनुव्रताम् (anuvratām) - me, devoted to my husband (devoted, faithful, following a vow/rule)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anuvratā

anuvratā - devoted, faithful, following a vow/rule

compound anu (after, conforming to) + vrata (vow, rule, duty), feminine form

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anu+vrata)

• anu – after, conforming to, along
  indeclinable
  prefix
• vrata – vow, religious observance, duty
  noun (neuter)
  from root vṛ (to choose, observe)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'mām'.

भार्या (bhāryā) - (Sītā becoming Rāvaṇa's) wife (wife)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife

Gerundive

from root bhṛ (to bear, support) with suffix -ya, meaning 'one to be supported/maintained', feminine form

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'bhava'.

भव (bhava) - (you) become (my wife) (be, become)

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

2nd person singular imperative from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Verb in direct speech.

रमस्व (ramasva) - (you) enjoy yourself (with me) (delight, enjoy yourself)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of ram

Imperative Middle

2nd person singular imperative from root ram (class 1, ātmanepada)

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Verb in direct speech.

इति (iti) - thus (introducing reported speech) (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Quotative particle.

प्रत्याख्यातः (pratyākhyātaḥ) - Rāvaṇa, having been rejected (rejected, repudiated, refused)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyākhyāta

pratyākhyāta - rejected, repudiated, refused

Past Passive Participle

from root khyā (to tell, relate) with prefixes prati and ā

Prefixes: prati+ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'abhavat'.

अभवत् (abhavat) - he became (rejected) (became, was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Active Indicative

3rd person singular imperfect from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Main verb.

मया (mayā) - by me (Sītā) (by me)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'pratyākhyātaḥ'.

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