वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-44, verse-5

जानासि हि यथा सौम्य दण्डके विजने वने ।
रावणेन हृता सीता स च विध्वंसितो मया ॥५॥

5. jānāsi hi yathā saumya daṇḍake vijane vane ,
rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā sa ca vidhvaṃsito mayā.

5. jānāsi hi yathā saumya daṇḍake vijane vane
rāvaṇena hṛtā sītā saḥ ca vidhvamsitaḥ mayā

5. saumya hi jānāsi yathā vijane daṇḍake vane sītā rāvaṇena hṛtā,
ca saḥ mayā vidhvamsitaḥ

5. You certainly know, O gentle one, how Sītā was abducted by Rāvaṇa in the solitary Daṇḍaka forest, and how I subsequently destroyed him.

Words meanings summery:

• जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• यथा (yathā) - how, just as, in what manner

• सौम्य (saumya) - O Lakṣmaṇa (O gentle one, mild one)

• दण्डके (daṇḍake) - in the Daṇḍaka forest

• विजने (vijane) - in the solitary, in the deserted

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Rāvaṇa

• हृता (hṛtā) - abducted, carried off

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (Rāvaṇa)

• च (ca) - and

• विध्वम्सितः (vidhvamsitaḥ) - destroyed, annihilated

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

जानासि (jānāsi) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Parasmaipada form.

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

यथा (yathā) - how, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Relative adverb.

सौम्य (saumya) - O Lakṣmaṇa (O gentle one, mild one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, auspicious, calm; son of Soma

Derived from soma

Note: Addressed to Lakṣmaṇa.

दण्डके (daṇḍake) - in the Daṇḍaka forest

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of daṇḍaka

daṇḍaka - name of a large forest region in ancient India

Note: Agrees with vane.

विजने (vijane) - in the solitary, in the deserted

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vijana

vijana - solitary, deserted, uninhabited

Compound of vi (without) and jana (people)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+jana)

• vi – apart, without
  indeclinable
• jana – person, people
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with vane.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

रावणेन (rāvaṇena) - by Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (king of Lanka)

Note: Agent in passive construction.

हृता (hṛtā) - abducted, carried off

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hṛta

hṛta - taken, carried away, stolen, abducted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √hṛ (to take, carry)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Sītā.

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (wife of Rama), furrow

Note: Subject of the passive verb.

सः (saḥ) - he, that (Rāvaṇa)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇa.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two clauses.

विध्वम्सितः (vidhvamsitaḥ) - destroyed, annihilated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhvamsita

vidhvamsita - destroyed, annihilated, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from vi + √dhvaṃs (to fall apart, destroy)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Rāvaṇa).

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent in passive construction.