वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-42, verse-5

मामाश्रितानि कान्याहुः पौरजानपदा जनाः ।
किं च सीतां समाश्रित्य भरतं किं नु लक्ष्मणम् ॥५॥

5. māmāśritāni kānyāhuḥ paurajānapadā janāḥ ,
kiṃ ca sītāṃ samāśritya bharataṃ kiṃ nu lakṣmaṇam.

5. mām āśritāni kāni āhuḥ paurajānapadā janāḥ / kim
ca sītām samāśritya bharatam kim nu lakṣmaṇam

5. mām āśritāni paurajānapadā janāḥ kāni āhuḥ kim
ca sītām samāśritya bharatam kim nu lakṣmaṇam

5. What do the citizens and rural folk say about matters concerning me? And what do they say regarding Sītā, or Bharata, or Lakṣmaṇa?

Words meanings summery:

• माम् (mām) - me, to me

• आश्रितानि (āśritāni) - matters concerning me (those who resort to, dependent on, resorted to)

• कानि (kāni) - what, which

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they speak

• पौरजानपदाः (paurajānapadāḥ) - citizens and rural folk, people of the city and country

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, folk

• किम् (kim) - what, what about

• च (ca) - and, also

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

• समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having resorted to, depending on, concerning

• भरतम् (bharatam) - Bharata

• किम् (kim) - what, what about

• नु (nu) - indeed, then, now, particle of interrogation or emphasis

• लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa

Words meanings and morphology

माम् (mām) - me, to me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my

आश्रितानि (āśritāni) - matters concerning me (those who resort to, dependent on, resorted to)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of āśrita

āśrita - resorted to, dependent on, taken refuge in

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root śri (to resort to, serve) with prefix ā and suffix kta (P.P.P.).

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

कानि (kāni) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kim

kim - what, which, who

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they speak

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of ah

Root: ah (class 2)

पौरजानपदाः (paurajānapadāḥ) - citizens and rural folk, people of the city and country

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paurajānapada

paurajānapada - citizen and countryman, pertaining to city and country

Compound type : dvandva (paura+jānapada)

• paura – citizen, urban
  noun (masculine)
• jānapada – rural inhabitant, country dweller
  noun (masculine)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, folk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, folk

Root: jan (class 4)

किम् (kim) - what, what about

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Janaka's daughter, wife of Rāma)

समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having resorted to, depending on, concerning

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root śri (to resort to, serve) with prefixes sam and ā and suffix -ya.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śri (class 1)

भरतम् (bharatam) - Bharata

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (name of Rāma's brother)

किम् (kim) - what, what about

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - indeed, then, now, particle of interrogation or emphasis

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मणम् (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (name of Rāma's brother)