वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-2, verse-14

मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः ।
यत् क्रौञ्चमिथुनादेकमवधीः काममोहितम् ॥१४॥

14. mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhāṃ tvamagamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ ,
yat krauñcamithunādekamavadhīḥ kāmamohitam.

14. mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhām tvam agamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ
yat krauñcamithunāt ekam avadhīḥ kāmamohitam

14. niṣāda tvam śāśvatīḥ samāḥ pratiṣṭhām mā agamaḥ
yat kāmamohitam krauñcamithunāt ekam avadhīḥ

14. O hunter, you shall not find lasting renown for endless years, because you killed one of the Krauñca birds that was overcome by passion.

Words meanings summery:

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• निषाद (niṣāda) - O hunter, O fowler

• प्रतिष्ठाम् (pratiṣṭhām) - lasting fame, renown, foundation

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अगमः (agamaḥ) - you shall attain (with prohibitive 'mā') (you attained, you reached)

• शाश्वतीः (śāśvatīḥ) - eternal, lasting

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

• यत् (yat) - because (because, that, which)

• क्रौञ्चमिथुनात् (krauñcamithunāt) - from a pair of Krauñca birds

• एकम् (ekam) - one

• अवधीः (avadhīḥ) - you killed, you slew

• काममोहितम् (kāmamohitam) - bewildered by desire, love-struck, overcome by passion

Words meanings and morphology

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

निषाद (niṣāda) - O hunter, O fowler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of niṣāda

niṣāda - hunter, fowler, member of a low caste

Root: sad (class 1)

प्रतिष्ठाम् (pratiṣṭhām) - lasting fame, renown, foundation

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratiṣṭhā

pratiṣṭhā - establishment, foundation, lasting fame, renown, position

Derived from pra-sthā (to stand forth, establish)

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (second person pronoun)

अगमः (agamaḥ) - you shall attain (with prohibitive 'mā') (you attained, you reached)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of gam

Aorist

Root aorist, 2nd person singular, with augment 'a'

Root: gam (class 1)

शाश्वतीः (śāśvatīḥ) - eternal, lasting

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant, everlasting

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season

यत् (yat) - because (because, that, which)

(indeclinable)

क्रौञ्चमिथुनात् (krauñcamithunāt) - from a pair of Krauñca birds

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of krauñcamithuna

krauñcamithuna - a pair of Krauñca birds (cranes)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krauñca+mithuna)

• krauñca – a kind of heron or crane
  noun (masculine)
• mithuna – a pair, couple, gender
  noun (neuter)

एकम् (ekam) - one

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of eka

eka - one, a single

अवधीः (avadhīḥ) - you killed, you slew

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of vadh

Aorist

Root `han` (irregular aorist `vadh`), 2nd person singular, with augment 'a'

Root: han (class 2)

काममोहितम् (kāmamohitam) - bewildered by desire, love-struck, overcome by passion

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāmamohita

kāmamohita - bewildered by love/desire, infatuated

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāma+mohita)

• kāma – desire, wish, love, lust
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• mohita – bewildered, deluded, infatuated
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root `muh` ('to be bewildered') with suffix `ita`
  Root: muh (class 4)

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