वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-49, verse-6

पुरा मम पितुर्वाक्यैर्दण्डके विजने वने ।
उषितो नववर्षाणि पञ्च चैव सुदारुणे ॥६॥

6. purā mama piturvākyairdaṇḍake vijane vane ,
uṣito navavarṣāṇi pañca caiva sudāruṇe.

6. purā mama pituḥ vākyaiḥ daṇḍake vijane vane
uṣitaḥ nava-varṣāṇi pañca ca eva su-dāruṇe

6. purā mama pituḥ vākyaiḥ vijane su-dāruṇe
daṇḍake vane nava-varṣāṇi pañca ca eva uṣitaḥ

6. Formerly, by my father's command, I dwelled for fourteen years in the desolate and very dreadful Daṇḍaka forest.

Words meanings summery:

• पुरा (purā) - formerly (formerly, anciently, previously)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - father's (of father, father's)

• वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by command (by words, by speeches, by commands)

• दण्डके (daṇḍake) - in the Daṇḍaka forest (in Daṇḍaka (forest))

• विजने (vijane) - desolate (desolate, solitary, uninhabited)

• वने (vane) - in the forest

• उषितः (uṣitaḥ) - I dwelled (dwelled, stayed, resided)

• नव-वर्षाणि (nava-varṣāṇi) - nine years

• पञ्च (pañca) - five (years) (five)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

• सु-दारुणे (su-dāruṇe) - very dreadful (very dreadful, extremely terrible)

Words meanings and morphology

पुरा (purā) - formerly (formerly, anciently, previously)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

पितुः (pituḥ) - father's (of father, father's)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by command (by words, by speeches, by commands)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, command

Note: Refers to Daśaratha's command for Rāma's exile.

दण्डके (daṇḍake) - in the Daṇḍaka forest (in Daṇḍaka (forest))

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of daṇḍaka

daṇḍaka - name of a large forest region in ancient India

Note: Refers to the Daṇḍaka forest.

विजने (vijane) - desolate (desolate, solitary, uninhabited)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vijana

vijana - lonely, solitary, uninhabited, desolate

Compound: vi (without) + jana (people).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+jana)

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

Note: Adjective modifying 'vane'.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

उषितः (uṣitaḥ) - I dwelled (dwelled, stayed, resided)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uṣita

uṣita - dwelt, resided, stayed

Past Passive Participle

From root vas (class 1) 'to dwell, live'.

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Grammatically passive, but contextually active (I dwelled).

नव-वर्षाणि (nava-varṣāṇi) - nine years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nava-varṣa

nava-varṣa - nine years

Compound type : tatpurusha (nava+varṣa)

• nava – nine
  numeral
• varṣa – year, rain, monsoon
  noun (neuter)

Note: Duration of time, takes accusative.

पञ्च (pañca) - five (years) (five)

(numeral)

Note: Refers to five more years, making a total of 14.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

सु-दारुणे (su-dāruṇe) - very dreadful (very dreadful, extremely terrible)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of su-dāruṇa

su-dāruṇa - very dreadful, exceedingly terrible, fierce

Compound: su (very, good) + dāruṇa (dreadful).

Compound type : karmadharaya (su+dāruṇa)

• su – good, well, very, exceedingly
  indeclinable
• dāruṇa – dreadful, terrible, cruel, fierce
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying 'daṇḍake' and 'vane'.