वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-46, verse-6

प्रसीद न च मे रोषं कर्तुमर्हसि सुव्रते ।
इत्यञ्जलिकृतो भूमौ निपपात स लक्ष्मणः ॥६॥

6. prasīda na ca me roṣaṃ kartumarhasi suvrate ,
ityañjalikṛto bhūmau nipapāta sa lakṣmaṇaḥ.

6. prasīda na ca me roṣam kartum arhasi suvrate
iti añjalikṛtaḥ bhūmau nipapāta saḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ

6. suvrate prasīda ca me roṣam kartum na arhasi
iti saḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ añjalikṛtaḥ bhūmau nipapāta

6. Please be gracious, O virtuous one, and you should not be angry with me. Having spoken thus, Lakshmana, with folded hands, fell to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रसीद (prasīda) - be pleased, be gracious, calm down, be tranquil

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - to me, my, for me

• रोषम् (roṣam) - anger, wrath, fury

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

• सुव्रते (suvrate) - O Sita, who is firm in her vows (O virtuous one, O firm in vows)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks the end of a direct quote)

• अञ्जलिकृतः (añjalikṛtaḥ) - having made the añjali gesture (folded hands), reverent

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• निपपात (nipapāta) - he fell down, he prostrated himself

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakshmana (proper noun)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रसीद (prasīda) - be pleased, be gracious, calm down, be tranquil

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, my, for me

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun. Here dative 'for me' or genitive 'my anger' where 'my anger' means 'anger towards me'.

रोषम् (roṣam) - anger, wrath, fury

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of roṣa

roṣa - anger, wrath, fury

Derived from root ruṣ 'to be angry'.

Root: ruṣ (class 4)

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make, to perform

(verb)

infinitive of kṛ

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used with 'arhasi' to mean 'you ought to do'.

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you are able, you deserve

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)

सुव्रते (suvrate) - O Sita, who is firm in her vows (O virtuous one, O firm in vows)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of suvratā

suvratā - virtuous, pious, firm in vows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+vrata)

• su – good, excellent, well
  indeclinable
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious duty
  noun (neuter)

Note: Used to address Sita.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks the end of a direct quote)

(indeclinable)

अञ्जलिकृतः (añjalikṛtaḥ) - having made the añjali gesture (folded hands), reverent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of añjalikṛta

añjalikṛta - made the añjali (reverent gesture with folded hands)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (añjali+kṛta)

• añjali – the open hands placed together side by side, or on the lap, or raised to the head, as a mark of reverence
  noun (masculine)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root kṛ 'to do'.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to Lakshmana.

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

निपपात (nipapāta) - he fell down, he prostrated himself

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun, used as a definite article or pronoun.

लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakshmana (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (name of Rama's brother)

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