वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-85, verse-15

वन्येन फलमूलेन निरतु स्वो वनौकसौ ।
सुवर्णेन हिरण्येन किं करिष्यावहे वने ॥१५॥

15. vanyena phalamūlena niratu svo vanaukasau ,
suvarṇena hiraṇyena kiṃ kariṣyāvahe vane.

15. vanyena phalamūlena niratu svau vanaukasau
suvarṇena hiraṇyena kim kariṣyāvahe vane

15. svau vanaukasau vanyena phalamūlena niratu
suvarṇena hiraṇyena kim kariṣyāvahe vane

15. Our own two forest dwellers sustain themselves with forest fruits and roots. What shall we do with gold or treasure in the forest?

Words meanings summery:

• वन्येन (vanyena) - by forest-grown, by wild

• फलमूलेन (phalamūlena) - by fruits and roots

• निरतु (niratu) - they two sustained themselves, they two were satisfied

• स्वौ (svau) - themselves, referring to Kuśa and Lava (their own (two))

• वनौकसौ (vanaukasau) - Kuśa and Lava (two forest dwellers)

• सुवर्णेन (suvarṇena) - by gold

• हिरण्येन (hiraṇyena) - by gold, by treasure

• किम् (kim) - what

• करिष्यावहे (kariṣyāvahe) - what will we two do

• वने (vane) - in the forest

Words meanings and morphology

वन्येन (vanyena) - by forest-grown, by wild

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vanya

vanya - belonging to the forest, wild

From vana (forest) + ya suffix

फलमूलेन (phalamūlena) - by fruits and roots

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of phalamūla

phalamūla - fruits and roots

Compound type : dvandva (phala+mūla)

• phala – fruit, result
  noun (neuter)
• mūla – root, origin
  noun (neuter)

निरतु (niratu) - they two sustained themselves, they two were satisfied

(verb)

3rd person , dual, middle, present/past habitual (laṅ) of ram

From root ram (to be weary, to delight) with prefix ni. This specific form 'niratu' is often interpreted as an injunctive or descriptive past/habitual in poetic contexts.

Prefix: ni

Root: ram (class 1)

स्वौ (svau) - themselves, referring to Kuśa and Lava (their own (two))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sva

sva - one's own, self

Adjective/pronoun form, refers to the subject in dual.

वनौकसौ (vanaukasau) - Kuśa and Lava (two forest dwellers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of vanaukas

vanaukas - forest dweller

Compound of vana (forest) and okas (dwelling)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+okas)

• vana – forest
  noun (neuter)
• okas – dwelling, home
  noun (neuter)
  From root vas (to dwell) + asun
  Root: vas (class 1)

सुवर्णेन (suvarṇena) - by gold

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of suvarṇa

suvarṇa - gold

हिरण्येन (hiraṇyena) - by gold, by treasure

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of hiraṇya

hiraṇya - gold, wealth, treasure

Root: hṛ (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what

Interrogative pronoun

करिष्यावहे (kariṣyāvahe) - what will we two do

(verb)

1st person , dual, middle, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood

Root: van (class 1)

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