वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-70, verse-3

निःसत्त्वं च वनं जातं शून्यं मनुजवर्जितम् ।
तपश्चर्तुं प्रविष्टः स श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥३॥

3. niḥsattvaṃ ca vanaṃ jātaṃ śūnyaṃ manujavarjitam ,
tapaścartuṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ.

3. niḥsattvam ca vanam jātam śūnyam manujavarjitam
tapaḥ cartum praviṣṭaḥ sa śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ

3. The forest had become devoid of life, empty, and forsaken by humans. He entered there to perform austerities (tapas). I wish to hear about this in detail.

Words meanings summery:

• निःसत्त्वम् (niḥsattvam) - devoid of life (devoid of living beings, lifeless, weak, spiritless)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood, grove)

• जातम् (jātam) - had become (born, produced, become, happened)

• शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty (empty, void, deserted)

• मनुजवर्जितम् (manujavarjitam) - forsaken by humans (forsaken by humans, devoid of men)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerities (tapas) (austerity, penance, religious practice, heat)

• चर्तुम् (cartum) - to perform (to practice, to perform, to wander)

• प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered (entered, having entered)

• स (sa) - he (he, that)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, to listen)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I desire, I wish, I want)

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in detail (truly, in reality, in detail, in essence)

Words meanings and morphology

निःसत्त्वम् (niḥsattvam) - devoid of life (devoid of living beings, lifeless, weak, spiritless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of niḥsattva

niḥsattva - devoid of living beings, lifeless, spiritless, weak

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nis+sattva)

• nis – without, out of, away
  indeclinable
• sattva – living being, existence, essence, goodness, reality
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Matches vanam (neuter singular nominative).

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

वनम् (vanam) - forest (forest, wood, grove)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Root: van (class 1)

Note: Subject of jātam.

जातम् (jātam) - had become (born, produced, become, happened)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, originated, happened, become

Past Passive Participle

From root jan (to be born, to produce).

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agrees with vanam.

शून्यम् (śūnyam) - empty (empty, void, deserted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūnya

śūnya - empty, void, deserted, zero, vacant

Root: śū (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying vanam.

मनुजवर्जितम् (manujavarjitam) - forsaken by humans (forsaken by humans, devoid of men)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manujavarjita

manujavarjita - forsaken by humans, devoid of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manuja+varjita)

• manuja – born from Manu, human, man
  noun (masculine)
  From manu + ja (born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• varjita – excluded, abandoned, forsaken, deprived of
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛj (to abandon, avoid).
  Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying vanam.

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerities (tapas) (austerity, penance, religious practice, heat)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - religious austerity, penance, heat, fervent devotion

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Object of cartum.

चर्तुम् (cartum) - to perform (to practice, to perform, to wander)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of car

infinitive (tumun)

Infinitive form of the root car.

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Expresses purpose.

प्रविष्टः (praviṣṭaḥ) - entered (entered, having entered)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, gone into, approached

Past Passive Participle

From root viś with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Agrees with sa.

स (sa) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Subject of praviṣṭaḥ.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, to listen)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of śru

infinitive (tumun)

Infinitive form of the root śru.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Object of icchāmi.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I desire, I wish, I want)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present active indicative

First person singular present active form of root iṣ (class 6).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Main verb of the second sentence.

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - in detail (truly, in reality, in detail, in essence)

(indeclinable)

Formed from tattva + suffix tas.

Note: Modifies śrotum.