वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-69, verse-21

बहून् वर्षगणान्ब्रह्मन्भुज्यमानमिदं मया ।
क्षयं नाभ्येति ब्रह्मर्षे तृप्तिश्चापि ममोत्तमा ॥२१॥

21. bahūn varṣagaṇānbrahmanbhujyamānamidaṃ mayā ,
kṣayaṃ nābhyeti brahmarṣe tṛptiścāpi mamottamā.

21. bahūn varṣagaṇān brahman bhujyamānam idam mayā kṣayam
na abhyeti brahmarṣe tṛptiḥ ca api mama uttamā

21. brahman brahmarṣe mayā bahūn varṣagaṇān bhujyamānam
idam na kṣayam abhyeti ca mama uttamā tṛptiḥ api

21. O Brahmin, though this (food) has been consumed by me for many years, it does not diminish, and my satisfaction (tṛpti) is also supreme, O Brahma-sage.

Words meanings summery:

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, much

• वर्षगणान् (varṣagaṇān) - groups of years, many years

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing the listener. (O Brahmin, O learned one)

• भुज्यमानम् (bhujyamānam) - being enjoyed, being consumed, being eaten

• इदम् (idam) - This (reprehensible food) previously mentioned. (this, this (food))

• मया (mayā) - by me

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, decay, diminution

• न (na) - not, no

• अभ्येति (abhyeti) - does not suffer diminution. (approaches, goes towards, suffers, attains)

• ब्रह्मर्षे (brahmarṣe) - Addressing the listener. (O Brahma-sage, O royal sage)

• तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• उत्तमा (uttamā) - excellent, supreme, highest

Words meanings and morphology

बहून् (bahūn) - many, much

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much

Note: Agrees with 'varṣagaṇān'.

वर्षगणान् (varṣagaṇān) - groups of years, many years

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of varṣagaṇa

varṣagaṇa - group of years, many years

compound of varṣa + gaṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varṣa+gaṇa)

• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• gaṇa – group, multitude
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial accusative, indicating duration.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - Addressing the listener. (O Brahmin, O learned one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman)

Note: The vocative form of 'brahman' (masculine, referring to a person).

भुज्यमानम् (bhujyamānam) - being enjoyed, being consumed, being eaten

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhujyamāna

bhujyamāna - being enjoyed, being consumed, being eaten

Present Passive Participle

from root bhuj (7th class, 'to eat, enjoy') + -māna suffix

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'idam'.

इदम् (idam) - This (reprehensible food) previously mentioned. (this, this (food))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Subject of 'nābhyeti'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'bhujyamānam'.

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, decay, diminution

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decay, diminution, loss

Note: Object of 'abhyeti' (suffers diminution).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'abhyeti'.

अभ्येति (abhyeti) - does not suffer diminution. (approaches, goes towards, suffers, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Present Tense

root i (2nd class) with prefix abhi-

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

Note: The subject is 'idam'.

ब्रह्मर्षे (brahmarṣe) - Addressing the listener. (O Brahma-sage, O royal sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahmarṣi

brahmarṣi - Brahma-sage, royal sage (a sage of the highest order)

compound of brahman + ṛṣi

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+ṛṣi)

• brahman – Brahmin, priest, the Absolute
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

Note: A title of respect.

तृप्तिः (tṛptiḥ) - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛpti

tṛpti - satisfaction, contentment, gratification

from root tṛp 'to be satisfied'

Root: tṛp (class 4)

Note: Subject of the clause.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two clauses.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that satisfaction is *also* excellent.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Possessive for 'tṛptiḥ'.

उत्तमा (uttamā) - excellent, supreme, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of uttama

uttama - best, highest, excellent, supreme

Note: Agrees with 'tṛptiḥ'.

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