वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-44, verse-13

अप्यहं जीवितं जह्यां युष्मान् वा पुरुषर्षभाः ।
अपवादभयाद्भीतः किं पुनर्जनकात्मजाम् ॥१३॥

13. apyahaṃ jīvitaṃ jahyāṃ yuṣmān vā puruṣarṣabhāḥ ,
apavādabhayādbhītaḥ kiṃ punarjanakātmajām.

13. api aham jīvitam jahyām yuṣmān vā puruṣarṣabhāḥ
apavādabhayāt bhītaḥ kim punaḥ janakātmajām

13. puruṣarṣabhāḥ api aham apavādabhayāt bhītaḥ
jīvitam vā yuṣmān jahyām kim punaḥ janakātmajām

13. O best of men, I, fearful of public criticism, would even give up my life or abandon you. How much more then (would I abandon) Janaka's daughter (Sītā)?

Words meanings summery:

• अपि (api) - (emphatic, 'even if') (even, also, too)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

• जह्याम् (jahyām) - I would abandon, I would give up, I would leave

• युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - you (plural)

• वा (vā) - or

• पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - O best of men, O chief among men

• अपवादभयात् (apavādabhayāt) - from fear of slander, due to fear of blame

• भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid, fearful, frightened

• किम् (kim) - (in 'kim punaḥ' it means 'how much more' or 'what then') (what? why? how?)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - (in 'kim punaḥ' it means 'how much more') (again, moreover, but)

• जनकात्मजाम् (janakātmajām) - Sītā, daughter of King Janaka (Janaka's daughter (Sītā))

Words meanings and morphology

अपि (api) - (emphatic, 'even if') (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle, often used to express 'even' or 'although'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

Nominative singular of asmad.

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood

Past Passive Participle

From √jīv 'to live'. Used as a noun here.

Root: jīv (class 1)

जह्याम् (jahyām) - I would abandon, I would give up, I would leave

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of √hā

Optative

1st person singular, optative mood, parasmaipada. Root √hā becomes jahā in present, jahyā in optative.

Root: hā (class 3)

युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Accusative plural of yuṣmad.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

पुरुषर्षभाः (puruṣarṣabhāḥ) - O best of men, O chief among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - bull among men, best of men, chief of men

From puruṣa (man) + ṛṣabha (bull/best).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, human being, person
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

अपवादभयात् (apavādabhayāt) - from fear of slander, due to fear of blame

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of apavādabhaya

apavādabhaya - fear of blame, fear of slander, fear of criticism

From apavāda (slander) + bhaya (fear).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (apavāda+bhaya)

• apavāda – slander, blame, criticism, censure
  noun (masculine)
  From apa-√vad (to speak against).
  Prefix: apa
  Root: vad (class 1)
• bhaya – fear, dread, apprehension
  noun (neuter)

भीतः (bhītaḥ) - afraid, fearful, frightened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīta

bhīta - afraid, frightened, fearful

Past Passive Participle

From √bhī 'to fear'.

Root: bhī (class 3)

किम् (kim) - (in 'kim punaḥ' it means 'how much more' or 'what then') (what? why? how?)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an interrogative adverb here.

पुनः (punaḥ) - (in 'kim punaḥ' it means 'how much more') (again, moreover, but)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

जनकात्मजाम् (janakātmajām) - Sītā, daughter of King Janaka (Janaka's daughter (Sītā))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of janakātmajā

janakātmajā - daughter of Janaka (Sītā)

From Janaka (proper noun) + ātmajā (daughter).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (janaka+ātmajā)

• janaka – Janaka (proper name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmajā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  From ātman (self) + √jan (to be born) + feminine suffix.
  Root: jan (class 4)